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Purim Celebration at Temple Habonim!

Allan Klepper (rhymes with "Pepper" sings the Rap.
Hey, he's no "schlepper".

Lucy Maddock plays a "heralding" King A.
Doesn't that beard become her?

Alayne White as Vashti doesn't do the "Cola Dance."
Where's that Royal Crown when you need one?

Shake your booty as contester,
fill the King’s empty nester. Nancy Sheinberg as Esther

John Lennon? No, It's Rabbi Klein as Mordechai!

Haman (Jerry Katz) just hanging around
with Leslie Katz.

Erica McKeown as a palace guard holds the
real Megillah during the rabbi's reading.

Myra Shays as the other palace guard. I guess women's hair styles were different in those days.

Joe Shansky stages the rap with the help of all the cast members including Linda Silverman Levine (out due to sickness)

Bet you didn't know Spiderman was in the Megillah?

The Purim Schpiel 2008-Photos by Adam Masoon

On March 19, 2008, our Temple family came together for a unique Purim celebration. Our indefatigable Rabbi Klein with the help of Allan Klepper and the "Hamanettes" (Andrew Klein, Lucy Maddock, Myra Shays, Nancy Sheinberg, Alayne White, Jerry Katz, Erica McKoewn) performed a most rare interpretation of the Story of Esther.

Here is the Purim Rap by Allan Klepper et al.

Allan: This Gonsa Megillah is a timeless thrilla, about a would be killa, a real Persian Godzilla.

So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp, designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.

Cast & Audience: So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp, designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.

Allan:The retelling of this story is very apropos, it happened in the Kingdom of Shushan long ago,
Was it an invention, we’re told it’s really so: Amalek’s descendent Haman who plotted all our woe?
In Persia, Ahasuerus was the ruling King; he threw a six-month party, just for heralding
His might and his riches. In a wine-filled fling; summoned Queen Vashti for a dancing swing.
She wouldn’t appear, and do the “Cola Dance”, wearing but a Royal Crown without the top and pants.
Her attitude disrupted the status quo, so that’s why Queen Vashti had to go

Cast & Audience: So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp,
designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.
So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp,
designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.
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Allan:A casting call went o’er the land, both high and low: Shushan Virgin Idol was the hottest new show.
The winner will get, a brand new trousseau, and new Queenship, will the King bestow.
So Mordechai did pester, his gorgeous niece Esther; shake your booty as contester, fill the King’s empty nester.
Sure enough, Esther wins, and is crowned the Queen.

Cast & Audience: So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp,
designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.
So do the Haman stomp, it’s a raucous romp,
designed to give him comp, for his misguided pomp.

Allan: Mordechai visits daily, his senses ever keen. Overhears two guards, plotting between, takes it to Esther to tell the King what he’s seen.
Esther tells the king, who foils the sting; the two are sent to gallows where they’re left to swing. Meanwhile Haman’s promoted to #2, impressed with himself: bow down now all of you!
Mordechai won’t, doesn’t give him his due, so Haman vows, I’ll kill that Jew.

Allan: Mort asks Esther to plead the case. Stop this madman, he’ll destroy our race. You’ve got to tell the King, straight to his face; at stake is the whole Jewish populace.
Hang in there Mordechai, and never fear, I’ll get the message to Ahasuerus’ ear.
She invites Ahasuerus and his Grand-Vizier, to a special banquet where she’ll make it clear

Allan: Haman, puffed up with this special invitation, builds gallows for Mordechai’s extermination. He plots the same, for the whole Jewish nation; posts a silver bond, in anticipation.
Now Ahasuerus, is an insomniac, finds Mort wasn’t rewarded for stopping the attack.
When Haman asks approval for the final Jewish sack, King asks, how best to honor, a deserving cracker-jack?
Haman pours it on thick, thinks he must be the guy; devastated to find, to his dismay, it’s Mordechai, Who in regal robes, on the King’s horse high,
Haman must humbly lead: himself to mortify!

Allan: Distraught at home, even there he cannot stay,
despite his shame he’s quickly whisked away
To the special banquet, taking place that day,
dining with Queen Esther, and old King A.
At the banquet Esther, turns the screws,
reveals her Judaism, and pleads for all the Jews.
This horrific plan, she can’t excuse,
she points right at Haman; you’re the one I accuse!
The King leaves the room, overcome by the strife,
while Haman pleads with Esther, just to save his life.
He swoons on her couch, as Ahasuerus returned,
The King sees this; will his marriage be burned?
Saves the time and trouble, of going to court.
Has Haman hanged on the gallows, he built for Mort.

Allan: Ahasuerus gives to Esther, all of Haman’s estates, and
Mordechai, to #2 elevates.
Jews should rise up, against their foes – his decree.They do, kill 75,510, but take no booty.
It’s there in the records, for one and all to see. Mordechai governed well; the King & Esther happily.

Now this tale features feasts, rhymes with yeast, that rising treat.
Thus Hamantaschen were invented, so we Jews would get to eat.
Several morals from this story, are ones that we must take.
We must be ever mindful of the deadly rattlesnake. And never second-guess what the powerful will do, For the facts they misconstrue, may be harmful to the Jew.
For jewish men may be sagacious; good decisions mostly make,
But our curvy, nervy Jewish women always take the cake!

The Costume Parade