Purim Customs

When we called victory back in Shushan, it was time to celebrate.

Queen Esther had the story of Purim written down for all later generations to remember and to know the events and miracles that took place, and especially how Hashem was watching over us and keeping us safe.

Queen Esther also wanted Purim to be celebrated in a few ways.

1.We read the Megilla 2x. Once Purim night and once Purim day.

The Megilla- Purim Story was written on a scroll like the Torah. However, the Torah has two sticks while the Megilla has only one.

The grogger

2. We want to be kind like Esther and Mordechai and share food with others.

We send out 2 kinds of foods to at least one person on Purim.

3. We celebrate with family and friends by eating a happy and delicious meal together singing songs and having a great time.

4. We think of others who wouldnt have money to send out foods to friends and buy food for their meal. We give money to at least 2 people on Purim day. We show people that we care and think of others even while we are happy and having a good time. :)

On Purim we eat Hamantashen (the cookie is the same shape as the hat that Haman wore) with jelly hidden inside, just like, we thought Hashem was hidden from us during the time Haman wanted to get rid of us yet He was with us all the time.

On Purim, we dress up in costumes. Do you know why? The reason is the same as to eating Hamantashen on Purim. Just like some people thought Hashem forgot about us, was hiding from us during the Purim story, and wasnt taking care of us, however, He was really there with us the whole time. Hashem just wanted us to work harder, daven to Him, and change some of our ways before He showed us that He was really with us the whole time.

That is why we dress up. When we are dressed up, it seems sometimes the person is hidden from us, yet, he is really with us the whole time.

We had a Mock Purim Party where we watched the replay of the Purim Story acted out by Morah Inna and Morah Rivky. We each got to model our costumes and have others guess who we were, we gave our PreK 1 friends Moshloach Manos that we prepared for them, we gave tzedaka, sang, danced, and ate a meal. So fun!! :)