Interview with Eden Pines/Walla system!
Every year during the holiday of Purim there is one person that we all wait and look forward to see how she will surprise us this year, when every year her costume surpasses the one of the previous year.
This is of course the model
Eden Pines
, who makes sure every Purim to bombard with an expensive and crazy costume, but this year, after some deliberations in which she also shared with us, she decided to give up the celebration.
In a post she uploaded to her Instagram page yesterday (Saturday), Pines talked about the decision: "Purim is my holiday. The holiday in which I can express all the beings/faces/characters I've ever dreamed of. This holiday is my creation, my art, my muse. Since the 7 10. I don't have a muse. Like most of us, I'm not the same person. It's hard for me to get back on track when a part of me, my people, my family is not with us."
"This year I decided to stop. Our life does continue alongside the war, but I don't feel that I can celebrate or boast of joy when we are in the midst of a new era where we don't know where we are headed. I would so much like to be happy and be happy, but if I did I would be a hypocrite in front of myself And in front of you and I just can't."
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"Another thing I feel - is that unfortunately I do not have the legitimacy to "launch" celebrations when the whole world points an accusing finger at us without realizing how big the hole in our hearts as a nation is and what a second holocaust we have gone through: unfortunately beyond the great pain I feel that I have a great responsibility to show the true side The pain of my people, and for the first time in my life I find myself "calling to account" for all those in the world who dare to criticize us as a people."
Pines continued and told about the difficult work of advocacy in front of the world: "I have worked so hard in the advocacy and transparency of our terrible reality since that black day to the world and I know how disconnected it will seem if I go on the social network that I am happy and celebrating on a land where 5 months ago we were massacred, and of course when my brothers Trapped in the tunnels of the most evil terrorist organization that tried to wipe us out and hopes that its end will be as bitter as that of the evil Haman."
"It is important for me to emphasize that I am speaking on behalf of *myself only* and want to say to everyone who went out and celebrated and dressed up and is planning more - promise me that you will not judge yourselves! On the contrary! The fact that you manage to get up from the pain and celebrate our most special holiday as Jews is another victory. Celebrate For me too," she concluded.
Following the events, the Netal Association is increasing the helpline at 1-800-363-363 or on the association's website. The line provides mental assistance to anyone who feels pressure, anxiety and needs support and mental assistance due to the situation.
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