12 Years of Serving Shluchim

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Bring your family and friends
to a party you won’t forget!

Sunday, March 4, 2007
12:00pm

At Chabad House
12 Chabad Way

Come in costume for our Masquerade Contest!
$12 Adults, $5 Kids

Purim is Judaism’s most dramatic, fun-filled holiday.

The main event is reading the Book of Esther. Set in Persia 2,300 years ago, the “Megillah” (as it is commonly called), recounts how a seemingly unrelated series of events spun together to save the Jewish people from annihilation.
The quickie version is as follows: When King Achashverosh throws a huge six-month party and the queen refuses to follow orders, she is replaced by a new queen – Esther the Jewess. Esther’s uncle Mordechai, the leader of the Jews, uncovers a plot to assassinate the king – also putting him in a favorable position with the king. All this comes in handy when Haman, the king’s top advisor, obtains a decree to have all the Jews destroyed.
In the end, through a complex twist of events, guided by G-d’s hidden hand, Esther gets the decree reversed, Haman is hung on the gallows, and Mordechai becomes the Prime Minister.

Some of the mitzvot specific to the holiday of Purim:Megillah
Reading the Scroll of Esther (Megillah)
Mishloach Manot
Sending food to friends
Purim Meal
Festivity and rejoicing
Matanot La’evyonim
Giving gifts to the poor
For more details on how to fulfill these mitzvot call 954-344-4855