"Isn't this the religion?": The children of Israel went out to celebrate Halloween
Crowds of children go out, dressed up and made up, ringing the bell and asking "candy or trick?".
This does not only happen in the US - this year, residents in various cities across the country decided to celebrate the Christian Halloween. Not all parents welcome the phenomenon: "We have enough Jewish holidays."
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10/31/2022
Monday, October 31, 2022, 2:38 p.m. Updated: 3:00 p.m.
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"An evening of fun".
The Halloween setting in Ramat Gan (photo: official website, no)
Crowds of children walk in groups from house to house, dressed up and made up, ringing the bell and asking: "Candy or trick?".
This scene is not taken from the United States, but from neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Netanya and other cities, which celebrate Halloween this year.
But as the trend gains momentum - so does criticism from parents who object to celebrating the Christian holiday.
In the Neve Tzedek neighborhood in Tel Aviv, preparations began already two weeks ago.
Messages calling for decorating the houses and preparing the sweets were sent in the WhatsApp groups, and the residents happily responded.
Yuval Abramovich, father of a girl in the third grade, raised an eyebrow.
"I told myself that maybe it's because we live in a mixed neighborhood where ambassadors, businessmen from abroad and quite a few French people live," he said. When a similar message was received by the class's parents' group, Abramovich was indignant. -500 families.
I heard about other initiatives from my friends and girlfriends in Karmiel, Netanya and Ramat Gan and I read more statuses about the issue on social networks and I realized that there is a problem here."
"Why not actually?".
Neely Michael makes up children at the Halloween celebrations in Herzliya (photo: Surfers Photos, Neely Michael)
He wrote a Facebook post about it that received hundreds of comments and shares - and sparked a heated discussion.
"You are also against Christmas and New Year's Eve? You uploaded pictures of such markets in Europe," they wrote to him.
"My objection really has nothing to do with making candy or leaving the children at home alone. I would love to make donuts and be with my daughter at Hanukkah. I just didn't understand the connection between Halloween and Israel," he replies.
"They explained to me that it's a matter of openness, acceptance of the other and just fun. Fun can also be held in a sukkah and I don't remember that building a large sukkah was organized in Israel. I'm not a religious person, but I think we're getting a little confused and losing our backbone and the tradition that connects us."
The Harozim neighborhood in Ramat Gan will also be filled tonight with carved pumpkins, skeletons and ghosts and baskets full of candies and chocolates.
In their group, they asked to decorate the entrance to the apartment, prepare a bowl of sweets and costumes - and mark the house on a map that would allow the children to move between each other safely, without knocking on doors they were not invited to.
In the spirit of the times, houses that offer sweets to children with allergies or coeliacs will be marked in green.
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"Strengthens the sense of community".
Neely and her children at the Halloween celebrations in Herzliya (photo: surfers' photos, no)
And yet, not everyone is satisfied.
"It annoys me that when they come from Chabad and want to do fun activities for children during the holidays with costumes and sweets, everyone immediately runs to slander the existence of religion, that by force they try to influence the children and buy them with sweets to enter the religion.
And here they bring a holiday that is not ours and create such a buzz around it," said Shiral Hillel, mother of an eight-year-old boy. "We have enough Jewish holidays."
Nili Michael, an electrical and computer engineer and makeup artist, does not understand the claims. "Why not actually?
The children - and the dentists - have a lot of fun and no one is going to convert.
The children know that this is not a Jewish holiday, and that we are only 'embracing the fun,'" she claimed. "If we talk about tradition, here in Herzliya, this evening has gained momentum, more and more homes and families are joining the evening of 'Pan.'
I even managed to convince the little daughter to taste pumpkin soup."
The formula is similar in her neighborhood as well: buildings that placed Halloween stands with sweets and a real setting were gathered in an orderly list, which was distributed in the WhatsApp groups.
"In a significant part of the buildings there were witches, skeletons and ghosts that jumped and scared them, as well as sweets in the shape of bleeding eyes and vampire teeth. In the playground we set up the make-up station and also a tattoo station. After the children finished robbing the houses in the neighborhood, they flocked to the garden to play and trade in ' In sweets," she said.
"It connects the neighbors, strengthens the sense of community and brings creativity and humor out of people."
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