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Hag Purim, Hag Purim, Hag Gadol Hu La-y'hudim

Purim is a Great Holiday for the Jews

We love Purim here at Beit HaChatulim. We dress up in costumes, we bake goodies for our friends, our friends send us baskets of goodies that they have prepared, we get together at our synagogue and sing and dance.

There are a number of things that we are supposed to do on Purim:

• Hear the whole megillah, the special scroll that contains the story of Esther, Mordechai, Haman, and King Ahasverosh. While the story is being read, we listen carefully for the name of Haman (the bad guy). Every time this name occurs, we make lots of noise (voices, feet, noisemakers known as graggers) to blot out the evil name.
• Eat a festive meal in celebration of our deliverance from Haman's evil plans. Traditionally, this is a vegetarian or dairy meal which includes chickpeas.
• Give mishloach manot to our friends. The minimum mishloach manot requirement is two portions of food to one person. Because this is one of our very most favorite mitzvot, we go way beyond this minimum.
• Give food or money to the poor.

Links for Purim

We have maintained some links to really fun web sites associated with Purim, but we're not putting them up right now because -- first of all, Purim is a ways off, and second, we want to check everything to make sure the links work. Here are the categories we have had in the past and will probably have again in the future.

Purim Links for Kids

General Information About Purim