Verse 1 - ShulCloud

Verse 1:Oh, once there was a wicked, wicked man, and

Haman was his name, sir, he tried to bully all the Jews though they were not to blame sir.

[Chorus]

WICKED WICKED MAN

Chorus: Oh, today we'll merry, merry be x3and nosh some hamantaschen.

Verse 2:And Esther was the lovely queen of King

Ahashuerus. When Haman said he'd hurt us so, oh my, how he did scare us! [Chorus]

WICKED WICKED MAN


WICKED WICKED MAN

Verse 3:Mordechai, her uncle, said "Dear Esther, you must

save us!" So, go and plead for mercy now from King Ahashuerus.

[Chorus]


WICKED WICKED MAN

Verse 4:The Megillah tells the tale of how our heroes conquered Haman. The lives of the Jews were saved that day and for that we are a praisin’!

[Chorus]


PEANUT BUTTER, POPPY, PRUNE, OR CHOCOLATE HAMENTASHEN(To the tune of

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Words: Erik Contzius)

Chorus: Peanut Butter, Poppy, Prune, or Chocolate Hamentashen,

if Purim is the Holiday this snack you will be noshin',

it's Haman's hat or ears or eyes (on this, I am not joshin'!)

Peanut Butter, Poppy, Prune, or Chocolate Hamentashen!

Yum diddle diddle diddle, yum diddle-eye. . .

Verse 1:When I was just a little kid, a long long time ago.

The month of Adar had just come in,

but how was I to know,

that there would be a holiday with food I would sequester, that yummy treat I love to eat when reading about Esther.

[CHORUS]

Verse 2:The first time that I saw these things, triangular in shape, their smell was oh, so heavenly that there was no escape,

I took a bite, my appetite just grew and grew and grew. Without Oznei Haman and Purim, oh what would I do?

[CHORUS]

Verse 3:So when we read 'bout Mordechai around this time of year, just don't forget a mitzvah which will bring all lots of cheer,

we give out gifts to one and all, they're called shaloachmanot (And in English, that's presents of food!!! So put

Hamentashen in MY boat! MMM MMM!)

Peanut Butter, Poppy, Prune, or Chocolate Hamentashen(4x)

Peanut Butter, Poppy, Prune, or Chocolate Hamentashen(4x)

Hey where's the Apricot one???

Oseh shalom bimromav,

Hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu,

V’al kol Yisrael,

V’al kol yoshvei teivel

v’imru: Amen

,עשה שלום במרומיוינו הוא יעשה שלום על

ל ,ועל כל ישרא לועל כל ב י ת , יושב ן: ואמרו .אמ

May the One who makes peace in the high heavens make peace for us, for all

Israel and all who inhabit the earth. Amen.

Noisy Prayer!!!

אדני שפתי תפתח ופי יגיד ך .תהלת

Adonai s’fatai tiftach ufi yagid t’hilatecha

Adonai, open up my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.

לם יי כה בא ,מי כמדש כה נאדר בק , מי כמ

לא, נורא תהלת ה פ ש .ע

Mi chamochah ba-eilim, Adonai!

Mi kamocha nedar bakodesh,

Nora t’hilot, oseih fele!

Who is like You, O God,Among the gods that are worshipped?Who is like You, majestic in holiness,

Awesome in splendor, working wonders?

V’ahavtah/ואהבתThe Power of LoveHuey Lewis & The News

You don't need money, don't take fameDon't need no credit card to ride this trainIt's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimesBut it might just save your lifeThat's the power of loveThat's the power of love

V’ahavtah/ואהבת

The Power of LoveHuey Lewis & The News

First time you feel it, it might make you sadNext time you feel it, it might make you madBut do be glad baby when you've foundThat's the power makes the world go 'round

V’ahavtah/ואהבת

The Power of LoveHuey Lewis & The News

They say that all in love is fairYeah, but you don't careBut you know what to do (to do)When it gets hold of youAnd with a little help from aboveYou feel the power of loveYou feel the power of love, Can you feel it?

לשמע ינויי , ישרא .אחדיי , אלה Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad!

Hear, O Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One!

ם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד .ברוך ש Baruch sheim k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed.

Blessed is God’s glorious majesty forever and ever.

.ברכו את יי המברךBar’chu et Adonai ham’vorach!

Praise Adonai to whom praise is due forever!

.ברוך יי המברך לעולם ועדBaruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed!

Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever!

Africa - Toto

I hear the drums echoing tonight

But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation

She's coming in, 12:30 flight

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards

salvation

I stopped an old man along the way

Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies

He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

Africa - Toto

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had(ooh, ooh)

Africa - Toto

The wild dogs cry out in the night

As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company

I know that I must do what's right

As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the

Serengeti

I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing

that I've become

Africa - Toto

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you

There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do

I bless the rains down in Africa

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had(ooh, ooh)

Megillah Blessings

לך העולם ינו מ אשר, ברוך אתה יי אלה Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asheirBlessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who

נו במצותיו נו, קדש .על מקרא מגלהוצוkid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu al mikra m’gilah.

hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to read the M’gilah.

Megillah Blessings

לך העולם ינו מ שעשה, ברוך אתה יי אלה Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asaBlessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who

ם בזמן הזה ינו בימים הה .נסים לאבות nisim laavoteinu bayamim haheim baz’man hazeh.

performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors in days of old at this season.

Megillah Blessings

לך העולם ינו מ ,ברוך אתה יי אלה

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam,

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all,

נו לזמן הזה נו והגיע .שהחינו וקימShehecheyanu, v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man hazeh.

for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.

Esther 5:6-146

ך ן ל ך וינת לת ין מה־שא ה הי ר במשת לך לאסת אמר המ ויש׃ ע ות ות י המלכ ך עד־חצ ומה־בקשת

7At the wine feast, the king asked Esther, “What is your

wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half the kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

י׃ י ובקשת לת ר שא ר ותאמ ען אסת ות“My wish,” replied Esther, “my request—

Esther 5:6-148

ת וב לת לך ט לך ואם־על־המ י המ ינ ן בע אתי ח אם־מצן אל־המשתה לך והמ י יבוא המ ות את־בקשת י ולעש לת את־שא

לך׃ ר המ ה כדב עש ר א ם ומח ה לה עש ר א אשif Your Majesty will do me the favor, if it please Your

Majesty to grant my wish and accede to my request—let Your Majesty and Haman come to the feast which I will

prepare for them; and tomorrow I will do Your Majesty’s bidding.”

Esther 5:6-149

י כ ת־מרד ן א ב וכראות המ וב ל ח וט וא שמ ום הה א המן בי צ וי י כ ל־מרד ן ע א המ נו וימל לך ולא־קם ולא־זע ממ ער המ בש

ה׃ מ ח That day Haman went out happy and lighthearted. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the palace gate, and Mordecai did not rise or even stir on his account, Haman was filled with rage at him.

Esther 5:6-1410

רש יו ואת־ז א את־אהב ח ויב ו וישל ית וא אל־ב ן ויב ק המ ויתאפו׃ אשת

Nevertheless, Haman controlled himself and went home. He sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Esther 5:6-1411

ו ר גדל ת כל־אש ב בניו וא ו ור וד עשר ן את־כב ם המ ר לה ויספ לך׃ י המ ים ועבד ו על־השר ר נשא ת אש לך וא המ

and Haman told them about his great wealth and his many sons, and all about how the king had promoted

him and advanced him above the officials and the king’s courtiers.

Esther 5:6-1412

לך ה עם־המ ר המלכ ביאה אסת ף לא־ה ויאמר המן אה רוא־ל י ק ר אנ י וגם־למח י אם־אות תה כ ה אשר־עש אל־המשת

לך׃ עם־המ“What is more,” said Haman, “Queen Esther gave a feast,

and besides the king she did not have anyone but me. And tomorrow too I am invited by her along with the

king.

Esther 5:6-1413

י י היהוד כ י ראה את־מרד ר אנ ת אש י בכל־ע ה ל יננו שו ה א וכל־זלך׃ ער המ ב בש יוש

Yet all this means nothing to me every time I see that Jew Mordecai sitting in the palace gate.”

Esther 5:6-1414

ים אמה ה חמש ץ גב יו יעשו־ע הב ו וכל־א רש אשת אמר לו ז ותלך אל א־עם־המ יו וב כי על ת־מרד ו א לך ויתל ר למ קר ׀ אמ ובב

ץ׃ ן ויעש הע י המ ר לפנ ב הדב ח וייט ה שמ ( פ)המשתThen his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a stake be put up, fifty cubits high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then you can

go gaily with the king to the feast.” The proposal pleased Haman, and he had the stake put up.

Making your way in the world today

Takes everything you’ve got

Taking a break from all your worries

Sure would help a lot

Wouldn’t you like to get away?

Opening Song: Cheers Theme Song

Sit back, relax, pour yourself a drink

We’ve got quite a tale

We hope we make you laugh

And sing, and the heros will prevail


Sometimes you want to go

Anywhere without a mask

Dreamin’ of things we did in our past

We wanna be with family

In the foyer at CBI

We wanna be where everybody knows our names


Esther, Haman, Mordechai are here

The evening’s looking bright

We’re safely distanced and sanitized

Fauci gave thumbs up alright

We’re thankful for our friend Zoom….


Sometimes you want to go

Anywhere without a mask

Dreamin’ of things we did in our past

We wanna be with family

In the foyer at CBI

We wanna be where everybody knows our names


Dialogue

Another Queen (Tune of “Jessie’s Girl)

Vashti is my queen

Yeah I know she’s been a good queen of mine

But lately something’s changed

It ain’t hard to define

I told Vashti what to do

But she opted to decline


She’s ignoring my decrees

And She’s setting a bad example, I just know it

And she’s reading Lilith Magazine late late at night

You know I wish I had another queen

I wish I had another queen

Where can I find a woman like that?


You want someone who says “Okay!”

You want someone who never wants you to change

We know you feel so angry

when she won’t follow suit

You want to tell her to obey

but the point is prob’ly moot


She’s ignoring your decrees

And she’ setting a bad example, we all know it

And she’s reading Lilith Magazine late late at night

You know we wish you had another queen

You deserve to have another queen


Where can we find a woman like that?

Another queen

We wish you had another queen

Where can we find you a woman like that?

Dialogue

Like a Villian (Tune of “Like a Virgin”)

I made it to Prime Minister

The royal number two

Didn’t know what power was

Until I found you

Like a Villain (Tune of “Like a Virgin”)

I was poor and unsure

Took my time, now I’ve slimed my way

And you’ve made me feel

Yeah you’ve made me feel

Evil and Cruel


Like a villain

Ripped from a scary headline

Like a villain

Steal from children to pass the time


Gonna give you all my loyalty

My star is rising fast

I’ll destroy a life or two

Before the morning’s passed


I’m so smart, with no heart

Got a scheme? It’s my dream come true

Just to do your will, never get my fill

Of your malevolent style


Like a villain

Ripped from a scary headline

Like a villain

Steal from children to pass the time

Woah, woah, woah

Dialogue

Haman’s Evil Plot (Tune of “Girls”)

Jews

‘Cause everywhere I go there’s Jews

They always make me feel the blues

I’m not the type you should refuse


I think that Mordechai

He is a real jerk of a guy

He didn’t bow when I came by

For that I’ll really make him cry


Back in the day

Everyone treated me okay

I’d kill them if they said no way

Perhaps that’s why they all obeyed


But now this guy he won’t be swayed

The stress is making me go grey

I swear I’ll make his people pay

I’ll go to see the king today


I hope he’ll say

Oh Haman you can have your way

And everyone will shout hurray

My plan will start without delay

I’ll add it to my resumé

I’ll have revenge for his display


When Mordy wouldn’t bow, to my dismay

Jews, They should’ve known that

Jews, I am in charge now

Jews, They can’t escape me

Jews, I am so evil


‘Cause everywhere I go there’s Jews

They must have seen me on the news

This is a crime I can’t excuse

He thinks he won but he will lose

Lose, lose, lose, lose

Dialogue

When Queens Cry (Tune of “When Doves Cry”)

Dig if you will a picture

Of citizens being placed on a list

There’s someone who wants to threaten us

Can you, you highness, can you picture this?


Dig if you will my people

They’re really no different than you

Why have they been targeted, highness?

They live in peace, in peace just like me and you


How can you just leave me standing

Alone to be thrown to the wolves?

Maybe I’m just too demanding

Maybe I’m just like my cousin, too bold


Maybe I’m just like poor Vashti

Easily put aside

Why did you give in to Haman?

This is what sounds like, when queens cry

Dialogue

King Achashverosh (Tune of “Little Red Corvette”)

Maybe I’m just like poor Vashti

Easily put aside

Why did you give in to Haman?

This is what sounds like, when queens cry


Guess I should have known

When you gave Haman your ring

That it wouldn’t last

He’s the kind of person

Who believes in taking over

Now I need saving fast


I guess I must be dumb

‘Cause I thought I had a future

To rule with you here as your queen

But it’s the end of the line

Unless you make it all right

You see all that I’ve got to lose

Oh honey I’m saying


King Achashverosh

Majesty, please act fast!

King Achashverosh

Please save my people or our time is past

Dialogue

Don’t You Forget About Me

Thank you for watching our spiel

Now that we’re done, time to eat hamentaschen

Hope you enjoyed the whole show

Next year, maybe you’ll come out and join us, baby


It’s great to have everyone

Watch the new Purim spiel that we’ve

been working on

New songs, but the story’s the same

One more chance to boo Haman’s name, baby


Don’t you forget about me

Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t



Will you stand for justice?

Don’t look away like it never happened

Be like Esther, please don’t let us down, down,

down.


Will you face the villains?

Call them out, don’t walk on by

Be like Esther, please don’t let us down, down,

down, down.



I’ll be in your bible, you know it baby

Goin’ to stay in your heart

As long as you’ll remember your part, baby



Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t


I said, la la la la …

Thank you!! To our Purim Players:Claudia Sanchez – Minister 1

Andrea Williams - Vashti

Rabbi Steven Folberg - Narrator

Sam Rosenberg - Haman

Sarah Avner - Esther

Adam Sadovsky – King Ahashveros

Eli Clark – Mordechai

Leslie Rosner – Minister 2, Guard

Gratitude cont’d:

Ellen Sable … Best M’gillah Reader EVER!

Andrea Williams … Best Director of a Shpielover Zoom!

Trish Ivey … background technician, genius

Our Incredible Shpiel Writers:Cantor Jamie Marx with edits from Andrea Williams,

Sarah Avner, Rabbi Steven Folberg and cast

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