On leap years, an extra month — Adar II — is added, and Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of that month. Because the Hebrew calendar is based on lunar months, that means the exact dates of Adar, and ...

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

On leap years, an extra month — Adar II — is added, and Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of that month. Because the Hebrew calendar is based on lunar months, that means the exact dates of ...

Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month Adar, begins on the night of Thursday, March 13th and continues up to Shabbat on the 14th. The holiday celebrates the overturning of a ...

Purim is celebrated each year on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, which begins this year on the evening of March 13 and lasts through sundown the next day, right into Shabbat. It ...

1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days ...