Why? Because God’s name is not mentioned. Hence, the rabbis permitted Megillat Esther to be illustrated with scenes from the Purim story, as well as other images. Scroll of Esther scroll ...

Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...

Esther and Mordechai writing the second letter of Purim, painted by Arent de Gelder. (photo credit: Rhode Island School of Design Museum/Wikimedia Commons) The desire for revenge is compelling ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP ...

Still, I often wonder if we have squandered what Esther and Mordechai begged and fought for, and Jews around the world died to preserve. If the heroes of our sacred Purim Megillah could visit us ...

Chabad of Manhasset transported guests back in time with a “Purim in Persia” celebration at the Starry Ballroom.

The commandments observed on Purim – reading Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther), having the Purim meal, matanot le’eviyonim (gift-giving to the poor), and mishloach manot (Purim baskets ...

This is Esther’s gift to us on Purim: To set aside our logic and rationality, no matter what we have done or failed to do in the past. To stand before God in complete humility and ask ...

Purim is the celebration of Jews' salvation from slaughter by the Persian empire thanks to the bravery of Queen Esther and ...

Jewish children in Demnate, Morocco, participate in an Alliance Israélite Universelle Purim program in 1955 (AIU/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) My late maternal grandmother, Iran (yes, that was ...