Years ago, Purim costumes meant either Queen Esther or Mordechai — maybe Achashveirosh or Vashti for the more daring. Today costume manufacturers will go as far as the Jewish imagination can stretch.
Underneath every costume a Jew is still a Jew.
Rabbi Mordechai Becher of Gateways Seminars tells a story of a non-Jewish actor who was playing the part of a chassid in a New York play. On his break while still in costume he went over to the nearest Italian deli to pick up a sandwich.
“Gimme a ham on rye” he said to the man behind the counter.
“Nope” the man said.
“Nope?!” the actor said. “Why on earth not?!”
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