Purim Celebration and Play
27 February 2010

Esther and the 6 Fairly Odd Fairytale Princesses.
or
The Peddler and the Charmless Prince

Purim Children’s Activities  4:30 pm
Reading of the Megillah  6:00 pm
Purim Play  6:30 pm

An Offering will be taken up to
Benefit Be’ad Chaim
Operation Moses in Israel

The 2010 Purim play will tell the story of Purim
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews as told in the book of Esther.  It is a celebration of G-d’s faithful protection of His people, who would not bow down and worship other gods or men in leadership.  Haman, an advisor to the King, was angered when the Jews of Esther’s day would not bow down to him.  He persuaded the Persian King Ahasuerus to issue an irrevocable decree to exterminate all the Jews and cast lots or “purim” to determine the date.  Though the book of Esther never mentions the name of G-d, one can see His hand leading, guiding, and protecting the Jewish people in an incredible way.  The Jew Mordecai heard of the plot.  His niece Esther whose Jewishness was hidden was crowned queen through divinely strategic intervention, and given a place of great significance.  At the risk of her own life, she went before the King to intercede on behalf of her people.  The Jews were saved and Haman has hung on the gallows he had built for Mordecai.  No play or novel could have been written in a more dramatic fashion.  Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, which is usually in March.  The 13th day of Adar is the day Haman chose to carry out his plan.  In leap years, when there are two months of Adar, Purim is celebrated in the second month of Adar.  At Esther’s order these matter of Purim were confirmed and put in writing for all generations.

The play will be available live on the internet 6:30 p.m. Dallas time: Live Video
Video Streaming Courtesy of www.total-stream.net
Sorry, Hamentaschen is not available via web streaming.

Baked Goods needed for Purim
As you are cleaning the chametz (bread, grains, and leavened products) out your cupboards for Pesach, help us celebrate Purim.  Following the Purim Play on February 27th, we will enjoy Hamantashan and beverages provided by Baruch HaShem, but we need a lot of home baked goods for our celebration.  Please drop off home baked goods at the commercial kitchen before the Purim play, which starts at 6:30 p.m.

See the Drama ministry page for details on how you can be involved in the Purim play and other drama ministry.