Purim falls out on Thursday night-Friday this year. That means it is a shorter than usual holiday because it must end before Shabbos starts at sundown Friday night.
Purim celebrates G-d's saving the Jews from anihilation at the hands of the Persians and the evil Haman. This story is written in a scroll called the Megila.
For those curious, here is what my Purim will be like.
Thursday is the Fast of Ester. The Jews fasted in repentance to be saved from the evil decree. We fast in commemoration. Thanks to Congress, we get an extra hour of fasting this year since we fast untill night fall. :-)
Thursday night we read the Megila in shul (synogouge). (Shull is Yiddish for synogouge. In German it means school. Synogouges often doubled as schools in the Middle Ages.) All the cute little kids come dressed up. I should really find out what my neices and nephues are going to be. Everytime Haman's name is read a lot of noise and booing is done to "blot out" his memory. A friend has invited me for a post Megila get together.
In my next post I'll describe more on Purim.
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