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Liverpool/Shushan
Purim
Congregation
B’nai Israel 3-17-95
Cast of Characters:
(in order of appearance)
Narrator:
George:
Ahashverosh:
Vashti:
Queen Esther:
Mordechai:
Haman:
Alter Chai Notes
with Cantor Stephanie
After Rabbi gives
brief intro:
(All forward to
microphone for song)
SONG: Purim
at CBI (to the tune of I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
Oh,
please let us tell you
So you can understand
This night we’ll
make fun
Of Haman’s
evil plan (2xs)
Purim at CBI
We’re lucky
that Queen Esther
Came in and saved
the day
And we’ll
tell the story
In our own special
way (2xs)
Purim at CBI
When it is Purim
we feel happy inside
It’s such
a feeling that our joy
We can’t hide,
we can’t hide, we can’t hide
So sit back and
relax
Our shpiel will
soon begin
And listen to the
story
Of how the Jews
did win (3xs)
Purim at CBI
(everyone goes back
and sits down)
Narrator:
The children were restless: they scowled at the snow;
They whined and
they quarreled and wished it would go;
George:
“It’s been ever so long since we last built a sukkah,
And it’s almost
a year until next Chanukah.
Tu B’Shevat
it was nice to plant trees in the sun!
Now if Pesach came
sooner, that would be fun!…”
Narrator:
Then in walked their father; he listened and said, “Purim
is coming, so why don’t you get, your costumes and graggers,
‘cause soon we’ll fulfill a Mitzvah when all of
us hear the Megillah.
Narrator:
“The story took place a long time ago, we read it each
year so that each Jew will know. In a country called Persia-now
known as Iran,
(Vashti stands up
in her place)
a queen wouldn’t
appear and the trouble began….(Vashti
shakes her head no!)
“You see,
King Ahashverosh (can you say his name?)
(Ahashverosh stands
up and goes to microphone)
From all of the
provinces where the King reigned,
To his palace in
Shushan, and there they remained.
And after they’d
feasted on good food and wine,
The King, very pleased,
said:
(Vashti goes to
microphone)
Ahashverosh:
This party is fine. I’ll summon Queen Vashti to
put on a show.
Narrator:
But when Vashti was called, her answer was
Vashti:
NO! I refuse to show up and be seen by the guests.
Ahashverosh:
(very angrily) I am so angry you refused my request.
Vashti:
So here take my crown, take my ring, It is sealed, in front
of your friends I shall not be revealed. So now, let me
tell you, and hear me this night, it’s time you learned
something about equal rights.
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