Purim

The event included various entertainment options for the whole family including bounces houses, carnival games and food like cotton candy and hamentasch ...

“It’s really exciting to see life come into this building again,” said Graven. The event included various entertainment options for the whole family -- including bounces houses, carnival games and food like cotton candy and hamantash cookies. Youth and Camp Director at the Jewish Community Center, Nora Graven, said one of the best things about the event was seeing the building full of smiling faces.

Cara Mentzel and her sister Idina Menzel celebrated Purim at the Boulder Jewish Community Center Sunday. The sisters had a sing-along of the children's book ...

The sisters also had a book signing after their sing-along, and got to talk to families face-to-face. She also said that “Charlotte’s Web” taught her about friendship and grief. Menzel said that the books inspiration comes from her own experience as a little girl and discovering that she had a great voice. Menzel wanted to write the book, so she approached her sister to write the book together. And the book is about another one of those characters. Menztel graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1996 and was a teacher at Foothills Elementary in Boulder for over 12 years, but she now lives in Los Angeles.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A celebration out of this world took place at the Jewish Community Center in Scranton Sunday.

Melanie Siddig of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is volunteering at a festive holiday meal for some 200 Jews in need ...

Assembled with the help of people in the community and distributed by volunteers as well, it’s a way for people to share the holiday with each other. Participants will enjoy music from Rabbi Ferris’s band, the Ferris Wheels, and also leave with volunteer-assembled mishloach manot packages to pass along to friends and co-workers. [(Read a related article on Purim in Ukraine here)](/news/article_cdo/aid/5856335/jewish/Ukraine-Synagogues-Will-Be-Packed-for-Purim.htm) Like Jews around the world, they’ll be gathering to hear the story of the Jews’ deliverance from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia, as well as to [give to the needy](/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/3615415/jewish/Giving-Charity-on-Purim.htm) (matanot l’evyonim); [send food gifts to friends](/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/261101/jewish/Mishloach-Manot-Sending-Food-Gifts-on-Purim.htm) (mishloach manot); and [enjoy a holiday feast](/library/article_cdo/aid/3261549/jewish/What-to-Expect-at-a-Purim-Party.htm) (seudat [Purim](/holidays/purim/default_cdo/jewish/Purim.htm)). “So every person takes a few, and they get spread far and wide.” Carol Kurtzer of Franklin Lakes has already started ringing doorbells to deliver some of the community’s Purim baskets. It’s a theme that he and Chabad emissaries around the world are emphasizing in Sometimes, people are home and sometimes, they’re not, but she says she knows the gift will brighten their day. Though these specific packages do not fulfill the personal obligation of mishloach manot, which must be done on the day of Purim with specific criterion, it does speak to the spirit of Purim, explains Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, rabbi and executive director at the Chabad of NW Bergen County. “I invite the entire community to my home. [Purim, which takes place Monday night, March 6 and continues through Tuesday, March 7](http://www.chabad.org/Purim), and extends to the following day (Shushan Purim) in walled cities such as Jerusalem. “It’s a way to feel more connected to your neshamah (soul),” he explains.

Asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) is estimated to be as much as 250 meters in diameter, around as much as 145 Clydesdale horses, and it's passing us on Purim.

While asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) will be passing us by, it will do so at a distance of over 4 million kilometers away. Scientists working in planetary defense are hard at work trying to devise ways of keeping the Earth safe from asteroids. Asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) is an Apollo-class asteroid, meaning its orbit around the Sun overlaps with Earth's own orbit. More recently, in late November 2022, tiny asteroid 2022 WJ1 harmlessly exploded into fragments that scattered around Lake Ontario. That means that at maximum, asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) can be a bit over 145 fully grown male Clydesdale horses stacked on top of each other. And it worked. And yes, the odds are that this asteroid is considerably heavier. However, it seems certain that whatever horse it was would still be far slower than this asteroid. Asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) is by no means small. The average Clydesdale can also run at around 32 kilometers per hour. After all, there's always a chance that this And suffice it to say, it would be the wrong horse to back in a race between it and asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310), which is clocking in at around 7.72 kilometers per second, or 27,792 kilometers per hour.

Volunteers at Chabad-Lubavitch of Kremenchuk—a city in central Ukraine steeped in Chabad Chassidic history—are gearing up for a festive Purim meal for hundreds, ...

That night there will be another event for teenagers, and the next morning, they will have service at the synagogue and [Megillah](/library/bible_cdo/aid/15782/jewish/Esther.htm) readings at the school before they take all the children to Legoland, a kid’s activity and games center. [Megillah readings](/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/1473/jewish/The-Megillah.htm) at the schools. They’ll also be sending thousands of [mishloach manot](/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/261101/jewish/Mishloach-Manot-Sending-Food-Gifts-on-Purim.htm) packages throughout the city. Purim will culminate in Odessa with their annual farbrengen, a traditional Chassidic get-together where hundreds of people will celebrate the night away, says Wolff. When Mishpacha’s director, Chaya Wolff, who also runs [Chabad of Odessa](/jewish-centers/117885/Odessa/Synagogue/Jewish-Community-of-Odessa) with her husband, Rabbi Avraham Wolff, spoke with Chabad.org last week, the buses were pulling up to the campus in just an hour. “People feel a need to come and get a morale boost; they’re looking for this,” says the rabbi. [housed and fed thousands of refugees during the past year](/news/article_cdo/aid/5580551/jewish/Missiles-Strike-Heart-of-Vinnitsa-Ukraine-Bringing-Terror-to-a-Safe-Haven.htm). In addition to life-saving support, the JRNU has provided beautiful Purim kits that are being distributed to tens of thousands of Jews across the country. [Purim](/holidays/purim/default_cdo/jewish/Purim.htm), which begins on Monday night, March 6, and continues through Tuesday, March 7 (extending through Wednesday in Jerusalem), will bring some joy to a community ravaged by war for more than a year. He describes the center as a place where people come simply to warm up and charge their phone, which has become a challenge even for successful business people. And the community just celebrated three circumcisions and three pidyon habens, the rite of symbolically redeeming a firstborn from a kohen. But with continued attacks, he decided to host it in the relative safety of Chabad’s school building—the same building that has

Organizers say the carnival is a great way to share the Jewish culture with everyone. Author: WNEP Web Staff. Published: 5:41 PM EST March 5, ...

Applied Chassidus with Rabbi Simon Jacobson: How Do We Perform the Requirement to Drink on Purim? Is the Rebbe's Offer on Purim 5715 for Wealth Still ...

o How does Vashti’s role in the story reflect broader themes of power, gender, and agency in Jewish tradition? MyLife is brought to you by the Meaningful Life Center as a public service, free of charge. How Do We Perform the Requirement to Drink on Purim?

It is one of the most joyous Jewish holidays sometimes called a Jewish Mardi Gras or Jewish Halloween. Families dress in costumes, play games, do crafts, and ...

Purim is a holiday that celebrates the Jewish people being saved from persecution more than 2,0000 year ago, FRAMINGHAM – Temple Beth Am held its annual Purim carnival on Sunday, March 5. PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Beth Am Celebrates Purim

Purim festivities took place at the Harrisburg Jewish Community Center and included food and festive costumes.

The Jewish Community Center in Scranton celebrated Purim which starts tomorrow night.The center had games and activities for all ages to help teach people ...

It is unclear whether SB 115 would prohibit Jews from dressing in drag on Purim, but either way I think we ought to do so this year more than any year.

After all, in our story it was a woman (a Jewish one even) who brought the evil ministers to their knees and wielded the full authority of the King’s office. But this defiance is not to be manifested in physical violence (except for first Purim which was brutally violent) but through acts of love and celebration. It is this first misogynistic edict that sets the stage for the next royal edict which calls for the extermination of all of the Jews in the empire, which meant every Jew in the world would be killed. It is a story like no other in the Bible because it is subject to the grittiest, darkest real-politik. The teaching behind this custom is that things are not always what they seem, for in reality, we all wear masks. What was to be the day of their death becomes a day of celebration for all time.

In the Big Apple, the Admor Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto will hold the Purim feast at the world headquarters of the Shuva Israel institutions in Manhattan. Thousands ...

All of the public is invited and welcome. Thousands of his students will attend festivities on Tuesday afternoon, which will be accompanied by singers and musicians. Watch the live broadcast of Rabbi Pinto’s Torah class and the Purim celebrations.

(March 6, 2023 / JNS) Tens of thousands of Jews will attend public megillah readings for the Purim holiday organized by two prominent modern Orthodox ...

He continued, saying “on Purim, where we learn about the power of national unity, we need to take a break from all the division and arguments and remember that we are one people in our homeland with a common destiny. Kenneth Brander, president and rosh yeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network. The community events will also distribute explanatory megillot (scrolls) and mishloach manot food baskets for those in attendance.

Kids dressed in costumes and enjoyed festivities including delicious traditional food during Temple Sinai Stamford's Purim Carnival on Sunday.

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(JTA) — When Alyza Lewin became a bat mitzvah in 1977, the fact that she had a ritual ceremony at all was still relatively revolutionary in Orthodox circles ...

Some Orthodox rabbis permit women to read the megillah for other women, but prohibit it in front of men. But he wasn’t comfortable telling the scribe the megillah would go to a woman, and instead said it was a gift for his son-in-law. He later decides that despite his discomfort he should be more flexible in the future, within the constraints of Orthodox law, to make the woman he loves feel respected. She usually reads half of the scroll, including a difficult passage in the ninth chapter. In recent years, a growing number of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders have weighed in on the question as well. “It is kind of the one semi-kosher or kosher thing that women in more [religiously] right-wing communities can do,” Friedman said. Still others worry that a women’s megillah reading will act as a sort of gateway to non-Orthodox practice more broadly. For many modern Orthodox women more than four decades later, women’s megillah readings have moved from the cutting edge to squarely within the norm. She chanted the Scroll of Esther, known as the megillah, in front of a mixed-gender audience in suburban Washington, D.C. Although traditional Jewish law, or halacha, obligates women to hear the megillah on par with men, many more traditionalist Orthodox communities still do not hold women’s megillah readings. But she took the rite of passage a step further, and did something that, for Orthodox Jews at the time, was considered the exclusive province of men. “My father, when it came time for the bat mitzvah, was trying to figure out what was something meaningful that a young woman could do,” she said.

As of this past weekend, it's also a place where dogs and their owners can celebrate Jewish holidays together. As part of the museum's “Furry Fridays” program — ...

“I also think I wouldn’t have it on Shabbos next year — I would plan something around it so we wouldn’t have a conflict in that case, and we could definitely invite more of the Jewish community.” “I would love to do this again,” she said. As for Shayna Maydele, Silverstone said in an email after the event that her pup “loved interacting with the other dogs. Their pug, Monster, had been dressed as the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” but they had removed his costume before heading out into the drizzly evening. (The clever costume, handmade by Safer, took “too long” to make, she said.) “I saw the article on Shayna Maydele and I really wanted to do something with her,” Moshenberg said. — and Loli, a tiny shih-poo who was dressed as Sulley from “Monsters, Inc.” “I also didn’t want to assume this costume would last more than one night.” “I couldn’t find his costume,” his owner, Robyn, who declined to provide her last name, told me. “Being Jewish myself, I was really excited to do a Jewish event,” Moshenberg, dressed in a bright pink homemade flamingo costume, told me. As Kim and I chatted, an adorable mutt named Henry — dapper in a very “Wall Street”-esque pinstripe suit — entered the scene and immediately demanded belly rubs. In planning the event calendar, Moshenberg had the idea for a “St.

Despite the discourse, Hillel and Chabad anticipate proceeding with plans for the holiday, beginning with the Jewish Student Union's (JSU) Purim Carnival on ...

“I think students are more aware for the need to come together,” he said. Instead of fear, he explains the students have shifted any such feeling to a sense of duty. While recognizing the holiday as important to the Jewish people, he highlights a sense of unity as crucial towards Monday and Tuesday’s celebration. However, he also sees it as a celebration of the Jewish people overcoming forces looking to annihilate them. Acknowledging hamantaschen as his favorite part of the holiday, Jacob Wancier, a third-year student in attendance, sees this as an opportunity to come together as a community. Sunday’s carnival saw a variety of students on the grounds surrounding UF Hillel. “For me, Purim will mean a celebration of overcoming hate,” he said. For Jason Scheuer, former president of Gators for Israel and frequent goer of UF Chabad, the holiday signifies the strength of the Jewish people. With the victory, the Jews rested on the fourteenth of Adar, with the two days being celebrated as Purim each year thereafter. It was the latest in a string of antisemitic displays nationwide. Jonah Zinn, the rabbi at UF Hillel, is among the individuals looking to actively combat any form of hate on campus. Yet the holiday lands during a tense time for the Jewish people.

Traditional Jewish pastries called Hamantaschen are eaten during Purim (Adobe Stock photo). March 6, 2023 – Submitted by Chabad of the South Shore. Hingham, MA ...

Children—and some adventurous adults too—traditionally [dress in costumes](http://www.chabad.org/1456808), an allusion to G‑d’s hand in the Purim miracle, which was disguised by natural events. Purim is observed with the reading of the [Megillah](http://www.chabad.org/1473) (Scroll of Esther) which recounts the story of the Purim miracle, gifting food gifts to friends, giving charity to the needy and enjoying a festive Purim meal. As part of the festivities, there was a “Chanukah Gelt (chocolate coins) Drop” from the top of a Hingham fire truck and holiday greetings were shared by Hingham Selectman Joe Fisher. Those interested in attending the Purim party can RSVP by visiting The holiday commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in Ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “ Ken Paull, a Cohasset resident, lights the 9-foot Menorah at the Hingham Shipyard on the first night of Chanukah, during a community celebration sponsored by Herb Chambers and organized by Chabad of the South Shore. (Photo credit: Josh Ross) At a time we are seeing a rise in antisemitic rhetoric, the Purim celebration takes on added meaning. The event is a community-wide program, and all are welcome to join, regardless of Jewish affiliation or background. “What greater joy can there be than to be surrounded by family and friends in celebration of our rich heritage!” of a decree](http://www.chabad.org/645309#The) calling for the extermination of the Jewish people throughout the Persian Empire. The festivities will be held in Hingham, exact location of the event will be shared upon reservation, on March 7th featuring a buffet dinner and ventriloquist show.

(JTA) — Starting tonight, many Jews around the world will celebrate Purim in the same ways: by reading the story of the heroic Queen Esther, ...

The story tells of an apostate named Marcus who slandered the Jewish community to a non-Jewish king, putting their status in jeopardy. Both cities were part of the Spanish empire in 1492 and were depopulated of Jews following the Inquisition. Jews would go on to celebrate that day, the 29th of Tevet (usually in January). Within a few years after Gaddafi’s decree, Libya’s Jewish community had dwindled to less than two dozen, effectively ending the nearly 3,000-year history of Jews there.) “On the 21st of Teveth, Friday evening, of the year 5451 (1690), at 8 and a quarter, there was a powerful earthquake. Ever since, Bosnian Jews have celebrated that story by visiting the grave of the Sarajevan Jewish historian Zeki Effendi, who was the first to document it. The story could have been entirely fabricated. Ali Burghul, an Ottoman officer who was installed after the downfall of the Qaramanli dynasty, ruled the region brutally for two years, treating minorities particularly harshly. In that year, the story goes, a local dervish was murdered, prompting the corrupt Ottoman pasha of Sarajevo, a high-ranking official, to kidnap 11 prominent Jews, including the community’s chief rabbi, a kabbalist named Moshe Danon. Though the city’s Jewish community was largely spared by the Holocaust, it has slowly declined over the years and is believed to have fewer than 100 members today. Other Ancona Purims were established a half and three-quarters of a century later, respectively. So local Jews, Muslims and Christians rebelled together, storming the pasha’s palace and freeing the imprisoned community leaders.