{"id":117,"date":"2007-02-14T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2007-12-09T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T21:33:47","slug":"purim-drinking-aka-the-taming-of-orthodox-judaism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Purim Drinking aka The Taming of Orthodox Judaism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/other\/weinreb.htm\">Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb<\/a>, a psychologist and executive director  of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/\">Orthodox Union<\/a>, emails:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Friends:  We hope this letter finds you eagerly anticipating the  wonderful holiday of Purim.  Celebrating the miracle of Purim is a most enjoyable  time for our community.  It is a time to celebrate our deliverance from the  danger of extinction as a people.  Unfortunately, however, the Orthodox community has  experienced tragedy as a result of accidents related to excessive drinking.   Excessive drinking poses serious health risks for the inebriated as well as  those around them.  Purim <em>simcha<\/em>  is appropriate but the kind of reckless drinking that takes place in many  circles is not in the spirit of <em>Yahadut.<\/em>  In today&sbquo;&Auml;&ocirc;s climate, where youngsters have increased  access to all types of excesses, having too many drinks on Purim leads to future  problems.  Many teens who have fallen away from a stable life situation point to  a drink at a &sbquo;&Auml;&uacute;Kiddush Club,&sbquo;&Auml;&ugrave; a drink on Purim, or a smoke at a Purim party as  the starting point for their addiction.  We are therefore asking parents to join together and  carefully monitor their children over Purim.  It is important to know where and  with whom your teens will be throughout the holiday.  <strong><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Please talk to your children about the dangers of  drinking<\/span><\/u><\/strong>. In this way, we can ensure that we all experience a  Purim only filled with <em>Orah, Simcha, Sasson,  V&sbquo;&Auml;&ocirc;ykar<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, a psychologist and executive director of the Orthodox Union, emails: Dear Friends: We hope this letter finds you eagerly anticipating the wonderful holiday of Purim. Celebrating the miracle of Purim is a most enjoyable time for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=117\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judaism","category-orthodoxy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}