Purim

Please join us as we usher in Purim by reading the Megillah & Singing Purim Songs
Please bring your relatives, friends, Children and Grandchildren.

ALL ARE WELCOME.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Services 7:00 p. m. until 8:30 p.m.

You are invited to come in appropriate costume or as you are.

Refreshments will be served.

WHAT PURIM CAN DO FOR YOU

Purim can remind you that, like Mordechai, you should not worship a man.

Purim can prompt you to refrain from playing Haman in your home, office or organization.

Purim can help you measure yourself against Esther.

Purim can help you recall that being Jewish means to be merry as well as to be melancholy.

Purim can shake you loose from selfishness, for if you take this gift-giving holiday seriously you will become a donor of purse and person for the furtherance of good causes.

Purim can send you to your Bible to discover or rediscover what intriguing literature it contains.

Purim can put you on your guard against bigotry.

Purim can make you understand the Jewish conception of beauty: the Talmud says that the chief factor in Esther’s charm was simplicity.
Purim can remind you that concealment of Jewish identity does not absolve you for the general destiny of the Jewish people.
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