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Jewish Themed Costumes

Updated on November 10, 2014

Purim: The Jewish Halloween?

Purim, the Jewish holiday that is described in the Biblical book of Esther (in the Tanakh -- Jewish bible or "Old" Testament) is sort of a combination of holiday.

The story of Esther and Mordekhai in the Persian Empire during the time of King Ahashverosh (some say he was Xerxes) is a fascinating story, full of palace intrigue, unexpected twists and turns, a descendant of an old enemy of the Jews, and a villain whose name is drown out with gragers (noisemakers) when we read the Megilla in the synagogue.

Purim

Purim, which is based on the Biblical book of Esther, is sort of a few holidays in one -- we have the nighttime Megilla (the book of Esther read from a parchment scroll folded like a letter) reading (sort of our version of "Midnight Mass"????) (we also read the Megilla during the day), we have a button-popping-feast as we do on Thanksgiving, we give out baskets of edibles to friends (like Easter Baskets???) and we dress up like Halloween. The basis for the dressing up is that G-d hid his face (G-d's presence is only hinted at in the Megilla -- the name of G-d isn't explicitly mentioned). Esther's name (from the pagan goddess Astarte) -- her Hebrew name is Hadassa -- also alludes to her hiding her religion (in Hebrew, the phrase Haster Aster Panim mean "I will hide my 'face'".

Click on the picture of Queen Esther to find the costume on line.

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Compugraph Designs Jewelry Designs on Facebook

This is one of the Jewish themed Jewelry designs from Compugraph Designs. Click on the picture to link to Compugraph Designs' Jewelry page on Facebook. (This piece is acrylic on a brass chain with a magnetic closure.)

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