Purim(Mordechai Day)  is a Feast Day that is to be kept by the Israelites throughout our generations on the 14th and 15th day of the 12th month known in the Syrian tongue as the month Adar. The name Purim comes from the word Pur or Purim meaning "lots" which relates to the lots cast before Haman to murder our people Israel(Jews). 

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Purim is a special memorial of our deliverance from a wicked plot by Haman(a descendant of Edom) to kill all of us. This plot was reversed upon his own head and those that hated us by the mercy of TMH (YHWH) through our fore parents Mordechai and Queen Esther(Hadassah). Below is the biblical account of the origin of the feast known as Purim. This was a celebration that began during the Persian Captivity.

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It is important to keep in mind that Purim is not a High Holy Day/ Sabbath, however, it is a feast and celebration which observance includes: resting, feasting, sending gifts to the poor and portions to one another.   

 

“After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, 

and advanced him, and set his seat above all the 

princes that were with him.
[2] And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, 

and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded 

concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him 

reverence.
[3] Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, 

said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's 

commandment?
[4] Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, 

and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman,

 to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told 

them that he was a Jew.
[5] And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did 

him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
[6] And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; 

for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore 

Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout 

the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
[7] In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth

 year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before

 Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the

 twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
[8] And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain 

people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people

 in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse

 from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore 

it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
[9] If it please the king, let it be written that they may be

 destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the

 hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring

 it into the king's treasuries.
[10] And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it

 unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews'

 enemy.
[11] And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee,

 the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to

 thee.” Esther 3:1-11

 

 

“On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth 

day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and

 gladness.
[18] But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together 

on the thirteenth day thereof; and on the fourteenth thereof; 

and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a 

day of feasting and gladness.
[19] Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled

 towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of 

gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions 

one to another.
[20] And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto 

all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, 

both nigh and far,
[21] To stablish this among them, that they should keep the

 fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of 

the same, yearly,
[22] As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,

 and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy,

 and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them

 days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, 

and gifts to the poor.
[23] And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as 

Mordecai had written unto them;
[24] Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, 

the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy

 them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to

 destroy them;
[25] But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by 

letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, 

should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should

 be hanged on the gallows.
[26] Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.

 Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they 

had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto

 them,
[27] The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed

, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should

 not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their 

writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
[28] And that these days should be remembered and kept 

throughout every generation, every family, every province, 

and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail 

from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from 

their seed.
[29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and 

Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this

 second letter of Purim.
[30] And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty

 and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of 

peace and truth,
[31] To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, 

according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined

 them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, 

the matters of the fastings and their cry.
[32] And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim;

 and it was written in the book.”Esther 9:17-32

 

Please read Esther chapters 1-10  for  the  history  behind  Purim.

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 If you have any questions pertaining to the celebration or observance thereof please Contact Us. 

Also please remember that you can find the feast dates and High Holy Day dates on our school Calendar.

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How to observe:

Feasting, Joy & Gladness

Are we allowed to work: NO

Are we allowed to cook: yes

Are we allowed to buy and sell: NO (THE SCRIPTS SAY OUR FOREPARENTS RESTED ON PURIM}