Purim

How To Use Purim In A Sentence

• The same thing can be learned by Purim, because on Purim the Jews reaccepted the Torah.
• And were any of the shops in this mono-cultural rural idyll aware that it is the Jewish festival of Purim?
• As the Shabbat came to a close we recited the words in the Havdalah from the story of Purim, a prayer repeated optimistically by Jews for generations.
• Most Halachic opinions follow Rav Drunkstein, who says that minors should not drink on Purim at all, unless they regularly drink during the year.
• After last year's success, in response to the extensive demand and after great effort, we have managed to organize the import of special costumes for Purim," they wrote in what they called a joyful notice for the holiday. Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
• The Great Latke Hamantash Debate (2006) is a collection of "scholarly" presentations on behalf of the latke, the potato pancake traditionally served during Hanukkah, and the hamantasch, the triangular filled sweet pastry associated with Purim. The Chicago Blog
• For the uninitiated, Purim is to Passover as Carnival is to Easter - a short period of satiric lunacy before the solemnities begin.
• On Purim, we wear costumes and perform skits - mocking our hang-ups, idiosyncrasies, and worries.
• So, my baby is either some kind of tzaddik / tzadddeket who already wishes to stamp out the name of Haman as it is read on this Purim eve … Lizrael update
• In 2000 a separate Torah reading was held for women on Simhat Torah and in 2001 the WTG also read the Megillah on Purim. Australia: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.