Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

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The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

One of the staples of Purim is the reading of The Megillah, also known as The Book of Esther. It's done once on Purim night (this year, that'd be the evening of March 13) and once on Purim day ...

or almost all of the book of Esther during Purim. Why? How much of the scroll of Esther must one read to fulfill the Mitsvah of reading the Megillah, asks the Mishnah. Rabbi Meir says, ...

As Purim approaches, JNet's latest Torah Unboxed episode offers guidance to those looking to deepen their understanding of the Purim story through the study of Megilas Esther.

Esther's uncle Mordechai gets wind of the ... Here he is in a column in the Guardian, based on his recent book, explaining Purim in the same terms as the Nazis and other antisemites: On the ...