On the one hand, that is a traditional understanding of the command that we celebrate on Purim
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It is one of the four public fasts of the Jewish calendar and commemorates Esther’s request to her uncle Mordecai to proclaim a three-day fast after learning about Haman’s plans to
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The centerpiece of the communal celebration is the reading of the Scroll of Esther, the Megillah, in the synagogue
Poor Purim
In fact, the disguises and the masks are all designed to underscore the essential hiddenness of On the one hand, that is a traditional understanding of the command that we celebrate on Purim
Kids often (20) But Esther still did not reveal her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai’s bidding, because there is not much to be joyous about
The misnomer that one is obligated to drink alcohol to properly celebrate Purim (and other Jewish holidays) can be dangerous and alienating
The two of them served as
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Reading the Purim story, one may perhaps mistakenly believe that Mordechai was in the wrong
Haman determines to kill all the Jewish people because of Mordecai’s rebellion
According to the story, once Haman had convinced King Ahasuerus to kill all the Jews in his realm, Queen Esther’s cousin, Mordecai, told her of Haman’s plans
This festive day commemorates God’s victory and deliverance of the Jewish People from their enemies in ancient Persia
Of course, no celebration of Purim is complete without the traditional reading of the story of Esther