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It's almost that time of year! Who's ready for some Purim Torah? Before we begin the season, we need to set some ground rules. In this thread, I'd like to discuss how exactly this will run. Below ...

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It's almost that time of year! Who's ready for some Purim Torah?
Before we begin the season, we need to set some ground rules. In this thread, I'd like to discuss how exactly this will run. Below I've plotted out some questions to discuss, but feel free to pose more of your own.
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1. **When** should the season take place, i.e. when should it begin and end? Should there be a longer session for answering questions than for asking them? For context, Adar begins on Shabbos, February 13; Purim will be two Fridays later, February 26; and Nissan begins on Sunday, March 14.
2. **What** qualifies as Purim Torah? Talmudic-style discussions of not-Jewish topics? Completely on-topic questions that seek silly answers? Intentional misreadings of Biblical and Talmudic sources, concluding with a resulting problem? Self-deprecating "meta" jokes?
3. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **sorted**? Should we set up a new category, only active certain times of year? Should we set up special tags within the existing Challenges category (it's a Challenges category, after all, not specifically QOTW)? Should we set up special tags within the normal Q&A category?
4. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **tagged**? If they are filed within an existing category, there will obviously need to be a Purim Torah tag; should it simply be called [purim-torah], or something else? Whether they are in their own category or not, should we allow non-Purim Torah tags to be added as well?
~~5. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **formatted**? What distinguishing features, if any, should be included in the post, whether its title or body?~~

It's almost that time of year! Who's ready for some Purim Torah?
Before we begin the season, we need to set some ground rules. In this thread, I'd like to discuss how exactly this will run. Below I've plotted out some questions to discuss, but feel free to pose more of your own.
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1. **When** should the season take place, i.e. when should it begin and end? Should there be a longer session for answering questions than for asking them? For context, Adar begins on Shabbos, February 13; Purim will be two Fridays later, February 26; and Nissan begins on Sunday, March 14.
2. **What** qualifies as Purim Torah? Talmudic-style discussions of not-Jewish topics? Completely on-topic questions that seek silly answers? Intentional misreadings of Biblical and Talmudic sources, concluding with a resulting problem? Self-deprecating "meta" jokes?
3. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **sorted**? Should we set up a new category, only active certain times of year? Should we set up special tags within the existing Challenges category (it's a Challenges category, after all, not specifically QOTW)? Should we set up special tags within the normal Q&A category?
4. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **tagged**? If they are filed within an existing category, there will obviously need to be a Purim Torah tag; should it simply be called [purim-torah], or something else? Whether they are in their own category or not, should we allow non-Purim Torah tags to be added as well?
5. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **formatted**? What distinguishing features, if any, should be included in the post, whether its title or body?
6. What type of **posts** should be permitted? Only Q&A, or also articles?

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Purim Torah Discussion

It's almost that time of year! Who's ready for some Purim Torah?

Before we begin the season, we need to set some ground rules. In this thread, I'd like to discuss how exactly this will run. Below I've plotted out some questions to discuss, but feel free to pose more of your own.

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1. **When** should the season take place, i.e. when should it begin and end? Should there be a longer session for answering questions than for asking them? For context, Adar begins on Shabbos, February 13; Purim will be two Fridays later, February 26; and Nissan begins on Sunday, March 14.
2. **What** qualifies as Purim Torah? Talmudic-style discussions of not-Jewish topics? Completely on-topic questions that seek silly answers? Intentional misreadings of Biblical and Talmudic sources, concluding with a resulting problem? Self-deprecating "meta" jokes?
3. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **sorted**? Should we set up a new category, only active certain times of year? Should we set up special tags within the existing Challenges category (it's a Challenges category, after all, not specifically QOTW)? Should we set up special tags within the normal Q&A category?
4. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **tagged**? If they are filed within an existing category, there will obviously need to be a Purim Torah tag; should it simply be called [purim-torah], or something else? Whether they are in their own category or not, should we allow non-Purim Torah tags to be added as well?
5. **How** should Purim Torah posts be **formatted**? What distinguishing features, if any, should be included in the post, whether its title or body?

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