Tag: Purim

The shah’s government facilitated the purchase of the land in 1971 to mark 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great’s edict allowing Babylonians to worship the god of their choice.

Israel must demonstrate confidence in ourselves and an iron determination to defy our antagonists. Mordechai teaches that it is not through appeasement that one achieves peace but rather through strength, self-assurance and unequivocally firm resistance to tyranny and injustice.

"...the police are not going to enforce it. In general, enforcement will be aimed at isolation, especially for people returning from abroad."

"I feel so overjoyed at having saved this man’s life on Purim. It felt to me like I had won the lottery.”

Purim has a unique status of celebrating two days of the Jewish holiday.

The significant changes in the practice of Purim apply mainly to the surrounded cities, out of which we know for certain only about Jerusalem and Jericho.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (Likud) attacked the participants in those parties, saying "the jump in morbidity will be registered in your name."

“To undo the decree of the evil Haman, the people of Israel fasted for three days. I'm not asking people to fast for three days. I just want us to keep the guidelines"

"2,500 years ago another Persian tyrant tried to destroy the Jewish people and just as he failed then – you will fail today.”

The health ministry wants to postpone the opening of commerce by ten days, while Blue&White demand starting a staggered reopening immediately.

The US has bypassed China and Italy on Thursday with the largest number of infected patients – 85,604.

There are countless unintended consequences to the proposed action, not the least of which being that we'd have to celebrate Purim again, seeing as Purim falls on Adar II.

The Belzer Rebbe reportedly instructed his followers not to listen to the news broadcasts, and asked that girls come to school without their official school uniforms, to avoid criticism.

When the boy entered the vehicle in a rush to flee the perilous scene, an Arab threw a cinderblock from a short distance through the open window and hit him in the head.

"And for the Jews there was light and happiness and joy . . . "

"Judaism belongs to all of us and therefore needs to be made accessible to everyone."

The Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest archive offers several Purim-related images.

Purim is about recognizing the miracles in everyday life and not being afraid to do the right thing.

The 1933 Adloyada featured a puppet of Adolf Hitler riding a horse with a sign saying "kill Jews" on its neck.

"Women are obligated to hear the Megillah reading just like men, which is why a woman under quarantine should be provided with access to a Megillah reading like a man," Rabbi Lau said.

On the eve of Purim, the holiday that celebrates our victory over the original anti-Semitic gang, Haman through Vaizata, here is some fresh anti-Semitism, from inside the tribe.

The Women of the Wall claimed that despite the Orthodox's promises to bring thousands of seminar girls to drown out and interrupt the WOW service, only a few showed up.

Avigdor Liberman's Israel Beiteinu inserted a proposed amendment into the law, that foreign workers in Israel will not receive double-time holiday pay on election day.

It's a real cliff-hanger . . . Well, not really. If at first you don't succeed, you return to the polls. And then repeat.

Netanyahu goes to a Purim party, costumed as... himself.

Bes usually appears as a bearded dwarf wearing a feather hat, with a large face, protruding eyes, with his tongue sticking out.

In the phrase I appear to be passive, but a deeper examination reveals that I am the active component: it is my active seeking of your grace that ingratiates me in you.

Joseph's Tomb is an Israeli controlled enclave within the city of Shechem. Jewish prayer services there are conducted only in coordination with the IDF.

If you jump from Chanukah straight to Purim, you will have missed one of the most special, beautiful and meaningful holidays on the Jewish calendar called “Tu B’Shvat”.

Vashti, Esther and Zeresh. Passionate cast of female characters who helped pave the path - intentional or not.