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Feature of the Week: Your Personal Purim Package
Purim is this Wednesday night and Thursday (or Friday if you live in Jerusalem or another ancient walled city), and we have the resources to make your Purim amazing.
- Need a Megillah? Pick from our variety of translations and formats.
- Not sure what to do when? Check out our Purim How-To Guide.
- Looking for a story to tell? We have dozens of Purim tales your audience will love.
- Your first time celebrating Purim? Here’s what you can expect.
Whether you need answers to your Purim questions, Purim videos or songs, or to find a Purim event near you, we’re glad to be there for you.
From our family to yours, we wish you a most happy Purim!
The Chabad.org Team
Purim
What's the Real Reason We Boo Haman?
Rabbi David Abudraham (14th century, Spain) writes that there had been an earlier custom for children to draw a picture or write the name of Haman on wood or stones
Rabbi David Abudraham (14th century, Spain) writes that there had been an earlier custom for children to draw a picture or write the name of Haman on wood or stones
Divine Madness
There is a certain madness to this idea of talking to G‑d, of saying “You” to the Ground of Reality.... Like the madness of love or of unbounded joy
There is a certain madness to this idea of talking to G‑d, of saying “You” to the Ground of Reality.... Like the madness of love or of unbounded joy
Who Runs the World?
G-d hardwired us to see our lives as mundane and contained within the so-called laws of nature, so that we are compelled to search Him out and find purpose, even where it seems there is none, within our personal life journey.
G-d hardwired us to see our lives as mundane and contained within the so-called laws of nature, so that we are compelled to search Him out and find purpose, even where it seems there is none, within our personal life journey.
By the Numbers
Twelve Memes and Meditations for True Happiness
Happiness is serious business and hard work. Here's some tools to make it easier.
Happiness is serious business and hard work. Here's some tools to make it easier.
Parshah
Who was Elazar (Eleazar) the High Priest?
His father was Aaron (the first High Priest) and his son was Pinchas (who had a Parshah commemorating his zealous dedication to G‑d), but who was he?
His father was Aaron (the first High Priest) and his son was Pinchas (who had a Parshah commemorating his zealous dedication to G‑d), but who was he?
When the Purim Jester Was Sad
Grief enveloped the poor man, and he seemed to drag his feet wherever he went.
Grief enveloped the poor man, and he seemed to drag his feet wherever he went.
Video
The Silly Bird and the Wily Fox: Two Purim Parables
The Midrash gives a parable for the story of Haman’s plot against the Jews...
The Midrash gives a parable for the story of Haman’s plot against the Jews...
When Will We No Longer Need to Say “Thank G-d”?
There is more than one way to minimize the spiritual distance between oneself and G-d. Some of these ways will become obsolete in the Messianic era. But the way of gratitude has no expiry date.
There is more than one way to minimize the spiritual distance between oneself and G-d. Some of these ways will become obsolete in the Messianic era. But the way of gratitude has no expiry date.
Lifestyle
The night was created for Torah study
— Talmud, Eruvin 65a
Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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