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Tag: #jewish holiday

Episode 007 – Purim Play + Show notes

On Purim day the girls accompany Papa to synagogue, and return home for special holiday treats at lunch, like hamantashen and teiglach. Then they dress up in costume to deliver Purim baskets to their relatives and friends and get a chance to show off their costumes. Back at home, the front room is full of many of the same relatives and friends, and the girls get to show off their musical talents in performance, with Ella singing to great acclaim and even praise from Charlie.

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Tags: #charlie's mysterious past#cilly brenner#food talk#jewish holiday#morris brenner#sydney taylor#the brenner girls#the lower east side

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