Tag: Purim
THIS PURIM: To Be or Not To Be – That Is The Question!!
Each year as Purim crawls up the calendar, I get an ache in the pit of my stomach – my personal...
Read MoreHow to Celebrate Purim?
What is Purim and what does it celebrate? Purim is a Jewish festival celebrated on the fourteenth of the Hebrew month of Adar which falls out in late winter\early spring. The holiday is the commemoration of the salvation of the...
Read MoreThe Purim Synagogue Spectacle
It’s always amusing to think what people who are unfamiliar with the Jewish festival of Purim would make of the reading of the Megillah ceremony in Synagogues on the night and day of Purim. Purim is a minor holiday...
Read MoreAnd Charvona should be remembered for the good
There is a famous children’s Purim song in Israel based on a prayer recited after the reading of the Megillah on both the night and day of Purim. The prayer is called “Shoshanat Yaakov”- “The Rose of...
Read MorePurim Customs from Around the World
Purim is a minor Jewish festival, celebrated on the fourteenth day of the Hebrew month of Adar. The name Purim means “lots” and is in memory of the lots that were drawn by the enemy of the Jewish people, Haman, in...
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