12 Years of Serving Shluchim

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Sunday, March 4, 2007
4:00pm
Chabad House
Anytown, USA

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Masquerade
Dancing
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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.
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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