Random questions.

[CountValentine]

Why the need for new dollar bills?

[Moshe Green]

Why the need for new dollar bills?

Would you like someone to give you a crumpled dollar for your Purim Torah or Matanos LaEvyonim?

[Euclid]

Why the need for new dollar bills?

aesthetics

[CountValentine]

Would you like someone to give you a crumpled dollar for your Purim Torah or Matanos LaEvyonim?

I give gifts all the time and they are not new bills.

[CountValentine]

Is it possible to have a thread without stupidity and ignorance?

[Something Fishy]

Is it possible to have a thread without stupidity and ignorance?

No.

But to answer your question short and to the point, people give out lots of singles for charity and to extended family members on Purim and many like to give crisp new bills. Nothing more complicated than that.

[CountValentine]

No.

But to answer your question short and to the point, people give out lots of singles for charity and to extended family members on Purim and many like to give crisp new bills. Nothing more complicated than that.

Wasn't referring to that subject.

Now as far as crisp new bills. Who is giving $1 to charity? Seems a little low, no? 

[Something Fishy]

Wasn't referring to that subject.

My "no" still stands though

Now as far as crisp new bills. Who is giving $1 to charity? Seems a little low, no? 

Most people give plenty more to specific people/causes. But there are thousands of people collecting all over the streets and door to door. You'll go bankrupt at a single red light if you give more than a dollar to every kid.

[CountValentine]

My "no" still stands though

Most people give plenty more to specific people/causes. But there are thousands of people collecting all over the streets and door to door. You'll go bankrupt at a single red light if you give more than a dollar to every kid.

Let it be known I am considered a "poor person". PM me for my PP address. 

[CountValentine]

Not looking for a PC Friday question as a simple yes or no will do.
Is the story of Purim believed to be real?

[mevinyavin]

Not looking for a PC Friday question as a simple yes or no will do.
Is the story of Purim believed to be real?

The answer you are looking for is yes.

The subtext you weren't looking for is that certain aspects of the story may have happened in a few different ways. There's lots of commentary on finer details, including conflicting accounts. However, the main blow-by-blow detail as recorded in Esther is believed to have happened.

[Dan]

aesthetics

Dollar coins no good?
$2 bills?

[Euclid]

Dollar coins no good?
$2 bills?

I thought he was asking new vs old

[ExGingi]

Not looking for a PC Friday question as a simple yes or no will do.
Is the story of Purim believed to be real?

While the story appears in one book as a continuous story, if one pays attention to the dates mentioned it stretched over approximately 10 years.

[imayid2]

Not looking for a PC Friday question as a simple yes or no will do.
Is the story of Purim believed to be real?

Yes.

[aygart]

Wasn't referring to that subject.

Now as far as crisp new bills. Who is giving $1 to charity? Seems a little low, no? 

I was told by a chase employee that the Lakewood branch fills the safe to the to top each day before Purim and each day they are cleaned out by the end of the day. Then in the week after the safe is full by the end of each day from tzedakos depositing them back.

Not only singles.

And this happens for over 2 weeks before. That is how many bills we are dealing with from just one bank.

[bochur22]

Not looking for a PC Friday question as a simple yes or no will do.
Is the story of Purim believed to be real?

https://www.ou.org/life/holidays/purim-4-parshiyot/is-esther-true/

[imayid2]

https://www.ou.org/life/holidays/purim-4-parshiyot/is-esther-true/

Very interesting, thanks for posting!

Less traditional, but some important points here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365360402_Revisiting_the_Book_of_Esther_Assessing_the_Historical_Significance_of_the_Masoretic_Version_for_the_Achaemenian_History

[Pony]

And this happens for over 2 weeks before. That is how many bills we are dealing with from just one bank.

I once made the mistake of going to a local bank on Taanis Esther…

[TzviR]

Dollar coins no good?

Not everyone just has 200K in dollar coins lying around their house