Yeshiva Brings Purim Story to Downtown Tel Aviv
Students at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Tel Aviv want
every Jew to have a chance to hear the megillah (Book of Esther) on Purim. With
that in mind, they are planning round-the-clock readings for this Saturday
night, the night of the Purim holiday.
Readings will be held once an hour, on the hour, in a
tent in Dizengoff Square in the heart of Tel Aviv.
Many people who do not consider themselves religious may
wish to hear the story of Esther on Purim, but be put off by the idea of going
to a synagogue, explained Rabbi Danny Druckman.
“There are people who get a little stressed by going to
synagogue, so they come to us,” explained Rabbi Druckman, who is affiliated
with the Chabad movement.
Rabbi Druckman said he expects thousands of people
to come to hear the megillah being read
on Saturday night. Chabad is ready with thousands of mishloach manot packages –
the Purim mitzvah in which gift packages containing at least two cooked or
ready-to-eat foods are sent to one or more friends or neighbors.
“We already ordered fifty kilograms [110 pounds – ed.] of
hamentaschen with poppy seeds,” he added. That may be a disappointment to those
who prefer them with prune or apricot filling.
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