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Hag Purim, Hag Purim, Hag Gadol Hu La-y'hudim

Purim is a Great Holiday for the Jews

We love Purim here at Beit HaChatulim. We dress up in costumes, we bake goodies for our friends, our friends send us baskets of goodies that they have prepared, we get together at our synagogue and sing and dance.

There are a number of things that we are supposed to do on Purim:

Hear the whole megillah, the special scroll that contains the story of Esther, Mordechai, Haman, and King Ahasverosh. While the story is being read, we listen carefully for the name of Haman (the bad guy). Every time this name occurs, we make lots of noise (voices, feet, noisemakers known as graggers) to blot out the evil name.

Eat a festive meal in celebration of our deliverance from Haman's evil plans. Traditionally, this is a vegetarian or dairy meal which includes chickpeas.

Give mishloach manot to our friends. The minimum mishloach manot requirement is two portions of food to one person. Because this is one of our very most favorite mitzvot, we go way beyond this minimum.

Give food or money to the poor.

Check out what we like to make for our mishloach manot offerings.

Wouldn't you like to know about the costumes we've worn over the past few years?

Purim Links for Kids

Purim on the Net. A very colorful site with the Purim Story, including a real audio gragger (noisemaker) so you can drown out the name of Haman, instructions for making your own gragger, masks to print out and color, Purim greeting cards, and more.

Purim activities for children who can read. From the Pedagogic Center; assumes a basic knowledge of the Purim story.

Purim Slide Show. Illlustrated Purim story for young children. Warning: You now have to download a Vivo Player in order to see the show.

Chabad Center's Purim Quiz. See how much you know about the Purim story.

Purim Books for Kids. A list of books on Purim topics written for children from Kar-Ben publications. Includes cover illustrations, synopses, and ordering information.

General Information About Purim

Judaism 101's page on Purim. Information and a recipe.

Purim Study Links

Divrei Torah on Purim from Project Genesis. A number of interesting articles about various aspects of the holiday.

Maven's Purim links. A comprehensive list of links related to Purim.

Purim stuff from the JAJZE. Information, including a curriculum for Purim study at various ages.

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