The moment that the Purim ads start appearing in the religious magazines, I begin to hyperventilate: How to design the perfect cellophane-wrapped gift packages of treats, the traditional mishloach ...

The IDF is preparing for the Purim holiday and has provided its soldiers with thousands of mishloach manot packages, Scrolls of Esther and various books on the halachot (Jewish laws) of Purim. The ...

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One must give two different items of ready-to-eat food to at least one person on Purim day (as above). One of the main reasons for this mitzvah is to increase friendship. Therefore: One should send ...

When I’m describing Purim to non-Jews, I tend to say it’s Jewish Halloween, plus, you know, the Book of Esther. The main traditions are costumes, drunken revelry and handing out treats. But instead of ...

Here are some of the most creative themed mishloach manot I saw this Purim. One of the things that the holiday of Purim is best known for is the gifts of food that people give to each other, known as ...

This year, Purim starts the evening of March 23. One way to get ready is to create and send mishloach manot, also known as a Purim basket. These gifts, sent to family and friends, are meant to ensure ...

Every year, as is probably the case in many Jewish homes, my dear wife Yael and I discuss what to include in our mishloach manos packages. Like everyone else, we distribute them on Purim to rabbis, ...

The families of the hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas arrived at the Knesset on Wednesday with 120 mishloach manot (traditional Purim food gifts) wrapped in yellow ribbons, which they distributed ...

A few years ago, my husband Daniel and I felt like we were floundering and lost in our Jewish community in Los Angeles. We were shul hopping and didn’t have one synagogue we called home. We didn’t ...

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