Apparently Purim parties are supposed to be lit

Dear Synagogue staff: I’m sure you’re all hard at work planning your Purim parties, but if it’s not this wild then I’m not going

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— maimonides nutz (@maimonidesnutz.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM

An article from 2020:

Morbid, funny, and terrifying, the story has mesmerized readers for millennia: Was it really possible that Rabba, a revered rabbi, could be so caddish? And what was the moral here, anyway? To watch what you drink? To be more careful when picking your friends?

Haunted by this grisly murder and miraculous rebirth, and with Purim right around the corner, I turned to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who, in his collected talks, offered a radical reinterpretation of the familiar tale.

There was, the Rebbe taught, no bloodletting. Instead, what happened was

(If you're not familiar, the basic Purim story has a Game of Thrones feel)