This year Purim occurs
          on March 9, 2009
            14 Adar 5769  
Purim is the only time when it's a mitzva to make noise! 
It is the celebration of a great victory and our survival as a Jewish people.
 
 Purim is a great holiday of fun food and festivity for everyone.
About Purim   Listen to a Purim play Ecards Links
Customs Purim recipes Pur-Purim the source
Mishloach Manot The four Mitzvot Games
Purim in other countries Share with us Songs
Curious Facts  Gifts to the poor Pictures

 
In the following link you will read about Purim   Click here
 1. Who are the main heroes of Purim?		  
Purim Customs   
2. Which Purim Custom do you like best? Click here.
To learn more click here.
 
Mishloach Manot          
3. One of the customs of Purim is to send  "Gifts" (Mishloach Manot). 
What are you going to put in your Mishloach Manot?

 Purim in other countries
Learn how Purim is celebrated in different countries around the world.
Choose one county and click on it.
Yemen        Tunisia        Bukhara, Russia       Afghanistan   

4. Write a short fact sheet on the way Purim is celebrated in the country you chose.

Curious Facts About Purim 
 
Read the Curious facts about Purim .
5. Write about one fact that surprised you !!
Listen to a Purim play  
 Click here
Purim play from Akhlah.com
Pairwork:choose one scene and play it for your class.
Purim Tasty Treats  
Mimi's Cyber Kitchen cyber-kitchen.com
jewishfood-list.com Jewish Agency
Shemaisrael Recipes - Chabad
The Four Mitzvot     

 Read about the four mitzvot click here. 
 6. What are the four mitzvot?
 

Purim Memories   
7. What is your Purim happiest memory?
8. What does Purim mean to you?
Write in the

Gifts To The Poor 
In the following links you will read about giving gifts to the poor 

Give gifts to the needy Gifts to the poor
Purim Gifts Charity - Aish HaTorah


1. To how many people should you at least give tzedaka on Purim?
to at least one person
 to at least two people
 to at least three people 
2. What should you give as tzedaka?  
money
 food
 money or food 
3.You should give tzedaka on Purim to 
a charity
 the poor himself
 the synagogue
 

  PUR-PURIM- What does it mean? (Advanced level)

Read about the meaning of the word Purim. Click here. 
1. What does the word "Pur" mean?

  

2. What is the earliest meaning of the word "pur"?

3. What is the origin of the word ostracism?

4. Why did Haman choose to draw lots?

Send a Purim Ecard  
123greetings.com
 American Greetings
care2.com
cyber-kitchen.com
cards.jhom 

Purim Games

     
Ualberta Online Quiz
Torahtots (to print)
Chabad Games
 		 Purim Mystery
Online Wordsearch
Online Word Scramble
      Another Word Scramble
Only Numbers Game (to print)		 Print and connect the dots
 

 

Purim Songs 
www.aish.com 
 The J Site - Purim songs 
 Chabad - Purim songs  		    

 Purim pictures
 Look at the following pictures of Purim.
To move from picture to picture click on the word next (under the picture).
Click here.
Which picture did you like best? Explain.

 

Name: 
Class:   
School:

For more information about Purim
 Etni-Purim
Orianit Edu Negev
Aish-Purim
 Ualberta.ca
 Chabad Online
 Torah.org
 Jacob Richman - Purim
 

If you have any comments please email Sigalit Arditi

Last Updated 29/06/09