Chabad of Virginia Offering FREE Purim Holiday Resources

The Jewish holiday of Purim is right around the corner beginning at sunset on Thurs. Feb. 25, 2021 and and ends in the evening of Fri., Feb. 26, 2021. The festival of Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” It is celebrated with Megillah readings from the Book of Esther, gifts of food, charity, feasting, and merriment.

The Chabad of Virginia invites you to celebrate safely at home with a free Purim handbook from Chabad of Virginia. Highlights include: Sweeping Purim timeline, unique Megillahs (scrolls that tell the Purim story) and Purim celebrations throughout history, Hamantaschen pastry recipe, Megillah summary and more. ORDER YOURS TODAY AT Chabadofva.org. Contact Rabbi Yossel Kranz, Chabad of Virginia, 212 N Gaskins Rd, Richmond, VA 23238 – email: ykranz@chabadofva.org – tel: (804) 740-2000

Chabad of Virginia is holding a Purim eve community ZOOM MEGILLAH READING & MASQUERADE PARTY – Thursday | February 25 | 6:30pm
Join the Zoom in your best Purim costume! RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/210406780959159

Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. It is considered to be a very dynamic force in Jewish life today.The word “Chabad” is a Hebrew acronym for the three intellectual faculties of chochmah—wisdom, binah—comprehension and da’at—knowledge. The movement’s system of Jewish religious philosophy, the deepest dimension of G‑d’s Torah, teaches understanding and recognition of the Creator, the role and purpose of creation, and the importance and unique mission of each creature. This philosophy guides a person to refine and govern his or her every act and feeling through wisdom, comprehension and knowledge.

The word “Lubavitch” is the name of the town in White Russia where the movement was based for more than a century. Appropriately, the word Lubavitch in Russian means the “city of brotherly love.” The name Lubavitch conveys the essence of the responsibility and love engendered by the Chabad philosophy toward every single Jew.

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