Purim

Purim in Huwara:

Chabad chassidim dance with soldiers, violence breaks out

IDF investigating attack on Arab vehicle, 'unseemly' documentation of soldiers dancing while on duty.

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Book of Esther read at MDA national center

MDA's national call center, along with responding to emergency calls, also held a megillah reading.

Communications Min. to IDF reserve refusers: Go to hell

Minister Shlomo Karhi says country 'will manage without you' to reservists threatening not to report to duty over judicial reforms.

Mordechai the enigma

Interesting ideas about the Megillah and the Purim holiday.

Why is the Book of Esther included in Tanach?

The answer is particularly apt for our times.

Purim with Rabbi Druckman:

Impossible to describe the holiness

For his students, Rabbi Chaim Druckman was a central component of every holiday, especially Purim.

Netanyahu to IAEA Director:

'Are we permitted to defend ourselves?'

PM responds to IAEA director Rafael Grossi's claim an attack on Iran's nuclear program would violate international law.

On Purim – How drunk should a person get?

Why would our Sages instruct us to get drunk, when the Torah and Prophets clearly object to the associated lack of control?

Purim-Related Relic Found

Ancient inscription with name of King Darius found in Israel

2,500-year-old potshard bearing name of King Ahasuerus' father found in central Israel.

Purim party for wounded soldiers helps them leave pain behind

Belev Echad hosts Purim bash for WIA soldiers and veterans. "Purim is a time of miracles, and each of our soldiers is a walking miracle."

Why four parshiot on the Tabernacle and one on Creation?

What is so significant about the Tabernacle that the Torah dedicates to discussing it more space than the world covenant?

Rosh Chodesh Adar Torah Essay: Sharing joy

What do Chazal exactly want from us this month when they tell us to be happy? And why?

Purim, Matanon L’Evyonim, and Machatzit HaShekel

Purim is celebrated in memory of the miracle through which the people of Israel were saved in the times of Mordecai and Esther.

Purim to Passover: G-d's love for His People and His Land

If the ten days from Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur are Days of Awe,I would posit that the days from Purim to Passover are Days of Love.

Why Minister Lapid doesn't like Purim

The alternate prime minister of the one and only Jewish State has a problem with certain Jewish holidays..

Romania: Jewish children from Odessa celebrate Purim as refugees

Hundreds of Jewish children who fled Odessa celebrate Purim in Romanian resort town of Neptun.

Beyond Good & Evil & the Purim Challenge

Elevating a Soul: Staring Down Evil & Uniting the People

Watch: Ukrainian refugees celebrate Purim in Jerusalem

Tiferet HaMoshava synagogue in Jerusalem hosts children and families who from Ukraine for their first Purim celebration in Israel.

Shushan Purim:: The sweetest victory

Can you hear us celebrating, Haman? Hear our children singing! In our own country, we defeat you year by year.

Watch: Purim celebrations at Moscow's central synagogue

Jews in the central synagogue of Moscow, Russia, celebrate Purim with Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Purim under fire:

Ukraine Chabad houses hold Purim celebrations

In Odessa and Kherson, Ukraine, Chabad-Lubavitch synagogues hold Purim celebrations, defying the ongoing war.

Watch: Celebrating Purim in Jerusalem

Purim celebrations commence in Jerusalem, as Yeshivat Hakotel prepares for megillah reading with a special talk from Rabbi Baruch Vider.

Purim with Ukrainian refugees:

'With the noise of the clapper, we suppress the voice of war'

Hungarian Jews celebrate Purim with Ukrainian refugees and demand peace with rattles.

A special Megillah reading on an airplane headed for Ukraine

Scroll used was rescued from Germany before the war, preserved over generations.

The most popular Purim songs - ready to go

Israel National News - Arutz Sheva presents ready-to-go Purim playlist for those on the go, comprised of the most popular holiday melodies.

Watch: Hundreds join Purim parade in Hebron

In Hebron, the City of the Forefathers, hundreds join the traditional Purim parade.

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The tapestry of Purim

The historical record of Purim and the struggle to rebuild the Holy Temple.

Continue the joy of Purim through the entire year

Sending mishlo’ach manot is meant to be done all year, increasing love among Jews. 'Megillah' all year is seeing G-d's hand in everything.

When Rabbi Kook spent Purim in the Yeshiva of Volozhin

The iconic Torah luminary and first Chief Rabbi of Israel was the "Rav Purim" in Volozhin Yeshiva as a young bachur.

Worldwide Megilat Esther Reading Broadcast - Dnipro Ukraine

Jewish community of Dnirpo Ukraine reads Megilat Esther on night of Purim as Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.

One out of every nine people testing for coronavirus is positive

Infection coefficient continues to rise, nears one, as Purim approaches.

Why This Mother Hates This Time Of Year

Purim is supposed to be a happy time. But for many families, it’s the most disappointing time of year.

Poland:

Israeli delegation brings Purim joy to Ukrainian refugees

Ahead of Purim holiday, Israeli delegation lands in Poland to respond to needs in refugee communities.

Purim Down Under:

It's already Purim in Australia

Jewish community in Sydney kicks off Purim celebrations.

Purim: A psychological perspective

There is one dimension of the Megilah that is often overlooked, that of the traits, the middot, of the characters.

From Covid To Kiev, how talk of WWIII trumped the virus

How can we joke this Purim when there is so much bloodshed and suffering going on in Eastern Europe again?

Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2022

Facts and anecdotes about the Purim festival this week. Although joyous, Purim also reminds Jews of their vulnerability-and G-d's salvation.

Laws of Purim Demukafin (in walled cities) that falls on Friday

Laws pertaining to Purim Demukafin (Purim in walled cities) that, like this year, is on a Friday: For Sephardim and Ashkenazim.

Purim surprise:

A visit and a gift for sick children at a Jerusalem hospital

In honor of Purim, President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog distribute Purim baskets to children hospitalized at Shaare Zedek.

Yeshiva students dance in hospital

Students from Mitzpe Yeriho's Netivot Yosef yeshiva bring joy to patients at Jerusalem hospital.

Light snow in the north, Jerusalem, and Samaria

White pre-Purim: Overnight, light snow fell in the Golan and Jerusalem. Today, snow is expected to spread to the central mountains.

How Purim was saved

A Biblical Book that doesn’t mention God? Events that ignore Eretz Yisra’el? Preposterous, some said!

Purim surprise for Jerusalem immigrants

Leslie and Michael Windman, who made aliyah recently from Florida, hosted the mayor of Jerusalem at their home and received a Purim basket.

Coronavirus czar:

'Worried about Purim, hope the infection coefficient won't rise'

'It would not be right for anyone to get sick right now,' says Israel's coronavirus czar, Prof. Salman Zarka.

PA Mufti:

'Protect Al-Aqsa during Purim'

"Mufti of Palestine" calls on Muslims to come to Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to protect it from Jewish plans to "break into it".

Jerusalem mayor delivers Purim gifts to new immigrants

Mayor Moshe Leon, NBN co-founder Rabbi Yehoshua Fass to a 3-generation family of new immigrants to Israel.

Historic letters reveal purchase of graves of Mordechai & Esther

Iranian Jewish community negotiated with Shah of Iran to purchase site in Hamedan, western Iran.

Organizations to host over 500 Purim parties around Israel

'Megilla in the communities' initiative brings Purim celebrations to over 550 locations.

Why is Purim celebrated in the second Adar and not the first?

Thanks to the inspiration we’ve received from our rabbis, we guarantee that indeed when it comes to celebrations we are on a roll.

Israeli soccer star joins Australian synagogue's Purim campaign

Tomer Hemed, the Israeli national football team striker who plays for Sydney Wanderers, joins the mega Purim campaign at Sydney's Shul.

Unmasked

It is the time to take a look at what we seek to achieve by wearing Purim masks and the breaking down of our covid masking policies. Op-ed.

Jan. 6 is Purim for Dems. Trump is their Haman

Did you hear graggers go off throughout Democrat strongholds each time Biden mentioned Trump’s name? Op-ed.

Yom HakiPurim and Purim

The similarity in names is not coincidental.

What You Need To Know

What is Shalach Manot?

We live in such a multi-cultural melting pot. There are many times we hear a new phrase that we are not familiar with.

2 Jews assaulted by Arab gang in Old City of Jerusalem

Police file charges against Arab gang for attack on two Jewish worshippers in Old City of Jerusalem during Purim holiday.

'This is a horrible disease, the bill for Purim is soon to come'

Director of Galilee Medical Center warns of fallout from Purim parties: 'At this rate, we'll reach Passover in a very difficult situation.'

A Purim Miracle - EMTs pulled from Purim meal to save a life

'It feels like I won the lottery.' United Hatzalah EMTs in Holon get pulled from Purim Seudah to perform successful CPR and save a life.

Driver who ran down Purim reveler: I was trying to save my life

Minibus driver who ran over and killed man in Meah Sharim arrested after being released from hospital. 'They attack me from every direction'

Report: No easing of COVID restrictions after Purim gatherings

Mass gatherings over Purim have given Ministry of Health officials reason to cancel several proposed relaxations of public health guidelines

Clashes at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem

Yassam anti-riot police officers and Border Police teams deployed to iconic Jerusalem market to disperse crowds gathered during Purim.