1. Menachem Bluming Muses: Purim Clarity

2. They resided near the hill of Katan in Nejd.

3. TOPICS Adar, charity, Esther, fasting, gifts, giving, loving-kindness, mercy, mishloach manot, Mordechai, Purim, salvation

4. A tallit katan (small tallit) is a fringed garment worn under the clothing throughout the day.

5. But Purim is most obviously characterized by a Boisterous feast se'udah during which participants dress in costumes and drink to excess

6. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther.

7. The sages say of Adar: “Its mazal [fortune] is strong.” Purim, the holiday of Adar, commemorates the “metamorphosis” of the Jews’ apparent bad fortune (as …

8. Purim 2011: What You Need To Know "Sharpton was a pretty big draw," says Washington schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, recalling the Boisterous crowd at Cardozo