Anim Zemorot: A Modern Purim Parody
Anim Zemorot: A Modern Purim ParodyFor many centuries, parodies have been part of the Purim literature (see this post discussing their history). One particularly popular genre of Purim literature has been the fake tefila. Perhaps the best-known collection is the “Kol Bo” (first printed in L’vov, 1855 – see I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, n. 191 discussing this work, and a later example here) which runs the gamut of Kiddush to Yetziv Pitgam (de-Lot mi-S’dom) and Mareh Haman to…