Rehfeld said Purim begins Saturday evening and lasts until Sunday evening. He added in Judaism, holidays are celebrated from evening to evening. In the Hebrew calendar, the holiday falls on the ...

No. Purim doesn't fall on the same date each year because the Hebrew calendar isn't the same as the secular Gregorian calendar. In the Hebrew calendar, Purim is on the 14th day of the month of ...

According to the Hebrew calendar, Purim lands on the 14th day of the month Adar, which is the sixth month of the (Jewish) year. Adar roughly corresponds to March in the Gregorian calendar, ...

‘Happy Purim’ in Hebrew, a language widely spoken in Israel where most of the population is Jewish, is ‘chag Purim samayach’, which is pronounced KHAG poo-REEM sah-MAY-akh.

Purim is a festival when Jews remember Esther, who was the Queen of Persia more than 2,000 years ago. She was Jewish but her husband, the King, didn't know this. The King's chief minister was ...

“Go with ‘Happy Purim,’ that will do,” said Aaron Miller of Washington Hebrew Congregation. “But if you want to work on your Hebrew, you can say ‘Chag,’ with a little of Jewish in ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, performances, and a feast. This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient ...

In 2025 (or ה'5785 on the Hebrew calendar) Purim begins at sundown on Thursday, March 13, and ends at nightfall on Friday, March 14. As the festival approaches, here are the basics you need to ...

Mordechai Rosenstein began scribing a Purim Megillah during his time at Akiba Hebrew Academy in the 1940s. | Photo by Sasha Rogelberg. W hile studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, ...

The text is read on the Sabbath immediately preceding Purim, where we read in the Book Esther about the planned slaughter of the Jews by Haman. I chanted that text Saturday, Feb. 28, at Shaarey Zedek.