*En français ci-dessous* CALLING ALL QUEENS, KINGS, AND BON-VIVANTS! We’re having a Purim party and you’re all invited! On Thursday, March 2, come dressed in
Event in Montreal, QC, Canada by Chabad at McGill on Monday, March 9 2020 with 136 people interested and 63 people going
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The Background of Purim The story of the joyous holiday of Purim might
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The festival of Purim commemorates the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman ’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate
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Purim is one of the most fun celebrations of the Jewish year, complete with masquerades, noisemakers, feasts and plenty of wine
* We eat a festive meal, or seudah
Changes in the solar calendar mean the specific date of Purim changes each year
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Those who are obligated to celebrate Purim on the fifteenth, however, divide the obligations over the period between the fourteenth and sixteenth
The specific day on which Purim is celebrated depends on the location; in places where Purim is celebrated on the fourteenth, it is not celebrated on the fifteenth, and vice versa
The West Side Judaica & Bookstore in New York has seen many customers preparing for Monday's holiday of Purim
Purim 2024 begins Saturday night, March 23 and continues through Sunday, March 24 (extending through Monday in Jerusalem)
It all began in Ancient Persia in the fourth century BCE
Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim
Purim, (Hebrew: “Lots”) a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the 5th century bce, were marked for death by their Persian rulers
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Founded in 2007 as an initiative of Montréal’s 2SLGBTQI+ communities, this festival is the largest gathering of people of sexual and gender diversity in the Francophone world
One person remained separate and sane amidst this chaos
One of the most joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar, Purim commemorates the survival and tenacity of the Jewish people and reminds us to have the courage to stand up to injustice
Orthodox Jews fast one day before Purim
The founders of the Toronto and Montreal Jewish communities came from other parts of the British empire prior to this immigration period