Purim Report

Primary School rocked as we celebrated Purim. All the students and teachers came to celebrate with amazing, creative and humorous costumes. We began the day by singing Purim songs and having a Purim parade, where each year group had a chance to dance to a song and show off their costumes. We organised and ran an Inter-House Purim Gameshow that tested our knowledge of the Purim story. The game show consisted of two rounds of nine questions, based on the Purim story and Purim vocabulary. Congratulations to Wynn House for winning the Purim quiz. Thank you to everyone who bought in toiletries and food for the Purim mitzvah of matanot le’evyonim – giving food to the needy. Mazal Tov to the Year group who brought in the most items. Our donations were given this week to the Asyulm Seekers Centre by Rabbi Siegel and some High School students. Morah Misrachi read parts of Megillat Ester to us and retold the Purim story from the perspective of Queen Esther, giving us an insight into Esther’s feelings and motivations.

We wrote a parody song and wanted our lyrics to express important ideas in the Purim story – of standing up for your beliefs, of being proud to be Jewish and celebrating differences in our world. Our lyrics are below and we hope you enjoy it and can maybe sing along to it.

By the Jewish Life Madrichim: Ashley Goldman, Maayan Granot, Claire Madziar and Lewis Saul 

Ashley Goldman	Maayan Granot
Clair Madziar	Saul Lewis

Jewish Life Purim Parody Song to ‘Closer’

Hey, I was doing just fine before I met you 

I am Jewish. Is that an issue? But I’m OK 

Hey, Tell Haman it was nice to meet him

But I hope I never see him again

 

Mordechai, I know it breaks your heart

Moved to the palace in a hopeful way

and became the queen

Now you’re asking me to save the Jewish people

And I I I am scared

But I I I can do it!

 

So Haman won’t you leave us to be free and to be Jewish

That I know you cannot stand

People being something different

 

Pull that hatred from your heart

And see that we are all equal

we’re all different and we’re equal 

 

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

 

King, I look the same as the day I met you

I forget to mention to you, that I’m Jewish                                   

Hey, let me stay and save my people

because Haman he wants to kill us, OK

 

Mordechai, I know it breaks your heart

Moved to the palace in a hopeful way

and became the queen

Now you’re asking me to save the Jewish people    

 

And I I I am scared

But I I I can do it

So Haman won’t you leave us to be free and to be Jewish

That I know you cannot stand

People being something different

Pull that hatred from your heart

And see that we are all equal

we’re all different and we’re equal

 

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

we are Jewish and we’re prouder

 

So Haman won’t you leave us to be free and to be Jewish

That I know you cannot stand

People being something different

Pull that hatred from your heart

And see that we are all equal

we’re all different and we’re equal

 

We are Jewish and we’re prouder

Yeah we’re Jewish and we’re prouder