REPOST: Putting this yummy goodness all up in your face on Fat Tuesday. If you donate before lent I bet there is some clause that will allow you to eat all of these sweet treats if you win the raffle.
So I promised you something awesome and here it comes. Brace yourself. YOU, yes you, can get your hands on a fantabulous purim basket made (with so much love that it will make you ignite like that scene from Like Water for Chocolate) by Mel. Yes, OUR Mel.
For the cost of a donation (note the new donate button to the left) your name will be entered into a pool of contenders. Donate $10 or over and your name will be entered TWICE. You will have until midnight next wednesday tomorrow (February 17th) to donate/enter and then I will put all of your names in one of my plaid boots and draw a name and announce a winner next thursday.
Donations are going towards the amazing Michell’s FET funds. Michell is a dear friend and a kind and loving member of the ALI community.
(*The basket will be mailed out via USPS so sadly it won’t hold up for international delivery. Live over there and still want to donate? Please do! I will give you a proper, “this person rocks!” shout out on the blog and everyone will see how kick ass you are.)
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My religion, like most of them, can have its problems, but you’ve got to love that we take a holiday that is fundamentally about genocide and turn it into an excuse to eat cookies. There is an old joke that nearly every Jewish holiday can be boiled down to “they tried to kill us; they failed; let’s eat.” Purim is also one of the few days on which it is encouraged for observant Jews to get drunk–not just a little wine as part of a servicel, but full-on shnockered. There is a tradition that you are supposed to drink until you can no longer tell the difference between someone saying “Haman is cursed” (Haman being the villain of the story) and “Mordechai is blessed” (Mordechai being one of the heroes).
Mmm, I want to win.
I really could only donate the $10 – can you leave the button up until I get paid again? In the meantime, my mouth is watering at the thought of a Mel basket…