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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Professor Wagstaff)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Purimshpiel II: Net.Religion.Jewish Song Parody
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 22:17:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 11 22:17:14 1985
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> I  should  point out that the Purimshpil is a custom which originates in
> Christian observance of Fasching (the Mardi Gras) and is  unknown  among
> Sefardic and oriental Jews.  [Yehoyaqim Martillo]

I take this to mean that, by Martillo's reckoning, the custom is thus not
"really" Jewish, since those who practice "true" Judaism have never heard of
it.