Oh, once there was a wicked, wicked man
And Haman was
his name, Sir
He would have hurt all the Jews
Tho they were
not to blame, Sir.
REFRAIN
Oh, today we'll merry,
merry be
Oh, today we'll merry, merry be
Oh, today we'll
merry, merry be
And "nash" some Hamantashen
And
Esther was the lovely Queen
Of King Ahashverosh
When Haman
said he'd hurt us all
Oh, my how he did scare
us.
REFRAIN
When Esther speaking to the King
Of Haman's plot made mention
"Ha, Ha," said he, "Oh, no, he
won't!
I'll spoil his bad
intention."
REFRAIN
Of all his cruel and
unkind ways
This little joke did cure him.
And don't forget we
owe him thanks
For this jolly feast of Purim
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MY HAT HAS THREE
CORNERS
My hat it has three
Corners;
three corners
Has my hat. And had
it not three
corners,
It would not be
My hat!
Use actions
with:
Hat (point to head)
Three (hold up 3 fingers)
Corners
(point to elbow)
Variation:
Leave out words hat,
three, corners and just use actions.
Purim is Judaism's most dramatic, fun-filled
holiday. When else can you dress up like a bunny rabbit and eat
doughy triangles filled with prunes and poppy seeds?
There is a beautiful custom to contribute three
half-dollar coins (or their equivalent) to charity before reading
the Megillah in the synagogue. This symbolizes the half-shekel which
every Jew used to give as dues to the Temple in Jerusalem (see
Exodus 30:11-16).
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