Purim Resources
- Class Activity: Purim Customs Around The World
By Rabbi Amy Klein
Explains some unusual Purim customs from around the world and asks children to compare and contrast these customs to their own.
- Dvar Torah: A Reflection on Power
By Rabbi Lewis Eron
Power of any kind is a dangerous blessing. Individuals and nations need power to ensure their own survival and promote their own welfare and the welfare of those with whom they come into contact. But ...
- Dvar Torah: A Time to Challenge Distinctions
By Rabbi Steve Segar
A article exploring the deeper meaning of the seemingly frivolous holiday of Purim. Why is Yom Kippur sometimes compared to Purim? What's behind the Talmudic suggestion of drinking to the point of being unable to distinguish between Haman and Mordechai?
- Dvar Torah: Four Lessons We Learn from Purim
By Rabbi Elliott Tepperman
The four lessons discussed are: life is random, have fun, solidarity, the world looks different when it is upside down.
- Dvar Torah: Let's Reconstruct Purim to Become a Celebration of Feminism
By Barbara Carr
When you think about the great children's holidays in the Jewish tradition - there are really two: Channukah and Purim, the festival that celebrates the story told in the Scroll of Esther. Purim is unfortunately ...
- Dvar Torah: Purim's Messianic Message
By Rabbi Lewis Eron
And the Jews experienced light and happiness, joy and honor (Esther 8:16) this short verse near the end of the Megillat Esther, the Scroll of Esther, captures the abiding promise of hope our ancestors found in ...
- Dvar Torah: Unpacking Amalek
By Elaine Moise
Rich reading referencing lots of commentaires which seeks to understand the "Remember Amalek" section in Deuteronomy 25 and it's reading each year on the Sabbath before Purim.
- FAQ: Purim FAQ
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
Questions and answers about Purim, from "What is Purim?" to "Why do some people get drunk on Purim? Isn't that inappropriate?" and more!
- Lesson Plan: Esther Chapter 1 - What Does It Mean?
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
A lesson plan for 4th grade and up that asks students to think critically about Chapter One of the Book of Esther and relate it to a Chelm story and a dictionary definition of "satire."
- Music: She Said "No"
By MIRAJ
Lyrics and MP3 of a Purim song about Vashti's famous rebellion and Esther's advocacy on behalf of the Jewish people.
- Other: Here's Looking at You, Esther
By Larry Smith
A Purim riff on Casablanca, designed to be performed by 10-12 year old kids. The play is written by JRF Camp co-director Larry Smith. Please email Larry if you use the play.
- Other: Purim Shpiel Acts
By Rabbi Shoshana Hantman
Two comic spoofs of Jewish life and practice: Purim Kiddush and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow, There's a Shul".
- Other: Unmasking Contemporary Israeli Heroines
By Rabbi Amy Klein
From Esther and Vashti to Knesset Member Shulamit Aloni, Israel has a long history of strong Jewish women. Here are biographies of seven contemporary female Israeli heroes.
- Poem: Rhyming Introductions For Megillat Esther Chapters
By Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman
A fun rhyming summary to introduce each chapter of the Book of Esther written for Purim 5765 at Congregation Shaarei Shamayim in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Program Description: Communal Mishlo'ach Manot
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin, Betsy Teutsch
Minyan Dorshei Derekh in Philadelphia has taken a innovative approach to this Purim tradition by making communal mishlo'ach manot packages for each megillah reading attendee. Community members donate time, money and stuff to create the gift baskets and most of the money goes to tzedakah.
- Program Description: Tzedakah And The Jewish Holidays: Giving For Social Change
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Ideas for giving opportunities throughout the Jewish year. Connects each Jewish holiday to the concept of tzedakah and recommends a relevant type of benficiary to support.
- Text Study: Joseph Gets An Audience Before Pharaoh (Parashat Miketz)
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
A guided study of Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams with commentary from Genesis Rabba that asks participants to relate story to the game of Jeopardy, the Book of Esther and their own lives.
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