This Israeli Man Riding a Magic Carpet in an Aladdin Costume Just Won Purim
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Maia Efrem March 23, 2016
If you think your Purim costume is cool, we are here to give you a reality check.
This Israeli man riding around a magic carpet in an Aladdin costume just won Purim in Israel, the U.S. and the Internet in general.
This guy’s just won Purim. https://t.co/jDRnEtRfSi pic.twitter.com/pRoip826JA
— Eylon Aslan-Levy (@EylonALevy) March 23, 2016
According to , motorcyclist Aviad Rosenfeld shared a video of the man on Facebook, “You won’t believe me,” he wrote in Hebrew, “but I just saw Aladdin pass by on his carpet on Allenby Street.”
Here is the full video of “A Whole New World” of commuting to a Purim party.
לא יודע אם תאמינו לי, אבל ראיתי עכשיו את אלאדין עובר באדום על השטיח באלנבי…Aviad Rosenfeld(y) פשפשוק
Posted by פשפשוק on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
But whoever this Internet hero may be, he’s not the first one to try this trick. Jewish American YouTuber Casey Neistat pulled the exact same prank on passersby in October when he did it in New York City.
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