Greetings to our Jewish brothers and sisters on this the Festival of Purim.
May this festival of Purim bring joy and happiness to you all. May God bless all of you in what you do in this life.
Dept for Inter-Religious Relations
Greetings to our Jewish brothers and sisters on this the Festival of Purim.
May this festival of Purim bring joy and happiness to you all. May God bless all of you in what you do in this life.
Dept for Inter-Religious Relations
About the Festival of Purim
The Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (late winter/early spring). Purim 2022 begins on Wednesday night, 16 March 2022 and and ends Thursday 17 March 2022 (extending through Friday in Jerusalem).
The festival commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” Literally “lots” in ancient Persian, Purim was thus named since Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his diabolical scheme, as recorded in the Megillah (book of Esther).
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