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Category: Identity Celebrations

The Purim Festivities

In the Scripture

"…the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would join them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days every year, according to the written instructions and according to the prescribed time, that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants" (Esther 9:27-28).

Although Purim is not a ‘festival’ like the other Festivals of the Lord, it is a significant time of observance. Notice that the text includes anyone who would want to join the Jews in observing this prescribed time. However, because it is not a Mo’ed, an appointed time between the Lord and His people, we have an abundance of liberty in observing these days.

Purim B’Eretz Yisrael

In the Land of Israel, everyone dresses in costume to assume the ‘secrecy’ of Esther’s life before she revealed her Jewishness. In addition, Purim is a time of giving to the poor, and of giving gifts (called mishlo’ah manot in Hebrew) to all of your friends.

Drink! Drink! Drink!

One more tradition in which many orthodox Jews have enjoined themselves is that of drinking alcoholic beverage to the point of complete intoxication. It is said by yeshiva students to be a great mitzvah to drink so heavily on Purim that one cannot even remember the difference between "blessed is Mordecai and cursed is Haman." Obviously, man-made traditions have gone a bit overboard in the freedom of the festivity. It's a good thing that the Lord didn't leave us to our own devices for the other holidays!

Food!

As with all holidays (except Yom Kippur), traditional foods give us the opportunity to more fully partake in the feasting. A ...

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