festoosh

[A. Maberry]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Alice Faber wrote:
> >
> >So is a megillah nine yards long?
>
> My first reaction was to say no, of course not. But, actually, I'm
> not so sure. Even if this was intended as a joke.

Megillah is from the Hebrew root GLL which basically means "to roll".
Don't think the length is an issue. I'm pretty just means any rolled
scroll.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu