Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with ...

From childhood groggers to Israel today, Purim reminds us of courage, joy, and the enduring fight against life’s Hamans. An old friend of mine, Rabbi Richard Hammerman, and his wife, Sharon, are in ...

I remember the first time I noticed something strange about the megillah, the biblical Book of Esther that is read aloud in synagogues worldwide today, on the Jewish holiday of Purim. It was ten years ...

Not all Jewish holidays are about unbridled celebration. (For instance, Yom Kippur is instead a time instead for fasting along with solemn prayer, reflection and atonement.) But the springtime holiday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purim, a Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom and deliverance, begins March 2 at sundown. Purim is often misunderstood as ...

26. Cursed be Haman, and blessed be Mordecai and Esther on Purim! 27. Charity is an important part of Purim—share your good fortune with others. 28. Celebrate Purim and take part in the custom of ...

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The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had begun our return to Jerusalem, laying the foundations of the Second Temple.

I’ve always struggled with the food waste and the overly-elaborate, themed, status baskets. I never understood why this mitzvah is up there with the other three mitzvot of Purim: listening to the ...

OTTAWA, ON, March 22, 2024 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Purim: "Tomorrow at sunset, Jewish communities in Canada and around the world will ...

For many Jews, Purim may be the holiday when five-year-olds dress up like Queen Esther and 25-year-olds drink “until they can’t tell the difference between Mordechai and Haman,” but in recent years, ...