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Performance of precepts/precepts of performanceessay 1990 • Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara
North American Hasidic Jews • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a brief description of the holiday of Purim as observed by the Hasidim of Brooklyn, New York. The author provides information on some of the major elements of the celebration, with a particular focus on the Purim SHPIL or religious play. In t...