This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to ...

Other crucial parts of Purim celebrations include Matanot LaEvyonim (giving to the poor or to charity) and Mishloach Manot (giving gifts of food to friends). A feast is typically held on Purim day ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen ...

You, too, can own miniature versions of 15 characters who changed Scranton forever. Michael, Dwight, Jim, Pam, Ryan, Angela, Oscar, Kevin, Stanley, Kelly, Phyllis, Meredith, Creed, Toby and Darryl ...

Purim is a joyous holiday with traditions that include reading the Megillah aloud in synagogues, often with noisemakers used to drown out Haman’s name; exchanging food gifts; giving to the needy ...

But Purim wants us to look deeper. Jewish foods are relentlessly symbolic. Taschen means pockets in Yiddish — and what do pockets do? They conceal. On Purim, it turns out, there are many dishes ...

We strengthen Jewish unity by giving gifts to the poor, food to our friends, and by celebrating together with festive meals. Celebrating under the influence One of the most peculiar laws of Purim ...

“On Shabbat, it is also appropriate to add some food or drink to be extra happy in honor of Purim,” Oron noted. Finally, the last two commandments of the holiday, mishloach manot (food ...

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, and temples around Palm Beach plan celebrations with food, prayer and ...