So Vat’s Nu?

At Ohev Yisrael’s Purim Festival (March 4th, 5 PM – 8 PM), we will rejoice in HaShem Yeshuateynu, G-d our salvation, as we commemorate the deliverance of our people – through the hands of righteous Mordecai and Esther – from the destructive designs of an evil prime minister in ancient Persia. We will celebrate with games of skill and chance, cake walks, music, prizes, costumes, food (including home-baked hamantaschen!), and a presentation of the Purim story. Come join us and be blessed!

Esther 9:20-22, NKJV

And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending presents to one another and gifts to the poor.

Esther 9:26-28, NKJV

So they called these days Purim, after the name Pur [lot]. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them, the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would join them . . . that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not perish among their descendants.

Titus 2:11, NKJV

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men . . . .