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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1977
Page
5
Purim, observed on Adar 14 in the Hebrew year 3037, marks deliverance of the Jews from Haman's plot. Families attend morning services and read the megillah, decorating the scroll and making noise to blot out Haman’s name.
The text notes a tradition among impoverished Israeli schoolchildren to burn or beat an effigy of Haman in the streets. It mentions plays throughout the day, especially the Massekhet Purim parody of the Talmud, where characters enact holiday rituals and drink wine while avoiding water as part of Purim observances.
Dear Dr Brothers discusses setting an allowance for a 10 year old heiress from a grandmother's estate and whether a trust fund is needed. Advice covers budgeting, learning money management, and keeping inheritance from derailing the child’s ambitions while parents juggle work pressures and stress.
A collection of dough recipes and fillings for Purim treats. Prune and cherry fillings, kreplach dough, shaping into triangles, and baking steps with spices and liqueurs. Includes dough proportions, fillings, and oven times for pastries, cookies, and knishes.
The article sketches Purim customs including oinomeli wine and honey drink, green liqueur Sciarada, hamantashen pastries with prune or poppyseed fillings, cherry pie variation, ears of Haman gifts, and kreplach meat pies. It notes charitable gifting, confectionary symbolism, and dietary practices linked to Daniel’s bans.
Ellen Payner of Murray Ridge Production Center will report at Elyria Senior Fellowship. No fish fry at St. Jude during Lent due to energy restrictions and costs. Extended Bridge Club meets Thursday at Elyria Woman's Club. call for reservations. Boy Scout Troop 150 hosts Green and Gold Dinner Sunday at Grassie's Wayside Inn. Neighborhood House head Lois Bielfelt to speak on senior program. Blackburn convalescing in Florida, requests mail. Grace Lutheran Youth sponsors a church paper drive through Sunday with a drop bin at church parking lot.
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