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Purim
Jelle & Kevin

What is it?
Celebration

of Queen Esther and

Mordechai
Jewish

Holiday

Memorial

of the Jews, battling against Hamans armies

Biblical institution of the feast

Esther 9:27

the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

Celebrations
Feasting
Fasting The

story of Esther

feasting

Begins with a fast day every year from sundown to sundown

4 things they do while feasting: Fun- Filled synagogue services

Sending gifts to others

Giving Tzedakah to the poor The festive Purim Meal

The meal

Festival of the meal

Its called Seudah The traditional meal is called Hamantanshen Cookies

They eat it during the afternoon of he first day of Purim

Hamantashen Cookies

fasting

The Jewish community begins with a fast day every year from sundown to sundown
The time to recall that Mordecai and Esther began a three- day fast as they sought Gods guidance (Esther 4:16)

The Story

King Ahashverosh and Queen Vashti

Esther becomes the new queen Mordecai saves king from assassination, recorded in the Court Records

The king appoints Haman as Prime Minister

Mordecai refuses to bow down to Haman Haman plots to kill Mordecai and all Jews in Persia.

Haman casts lots, or Purim, to determine the date of the attack

The Story
Celebration

story of Queen

Esther
Comes

from the book of

Esther
Anniversary

of the Jews fight or Defense against Haman

King

asks that his Court Records be read, remembers Mordecai as the man that saved his life
reveals her Jewish roots to the king and reveals Hamans plan to kill all the Jews. king hangs Haman win the battle against armies.

Esther

The We

Traditions
Each

Jew above the age of 13 performs this thing called mitzvah

have to give something to the poor, even if the Jew is the poorest they still have to give to other people

Jews

Bibliography

"Judaism 101: Purim." Judaism 101: Purim. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.
"Purim - Celebration of Deliverance." Purim - Celebration of Deliverance. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013.