in honor of the fact that we just finished studying esther, and because it's actually the right time on the jewish calendar, the bible study girls and i decided to throw a purim party. for those that need a little history refresher, purim is the festival the jews throw to remember and celebrate the time that God spared their lives from the plot of the evil haman. [as described in the book of esther] there are four main components to a purim celebration...
- a public reading of esther [costumes are optional, but we opted in]
- sending food gifts to friends
- giving charity to the poor
- eating a festive meal
our good friend matthew henry says that "the observance of jewish feasts is a public declaration of the truth of the old testament scriptures." we believe these truths, so here we are in all our glory:
haman . king xerxes . queen esther . mordecai
1 comment:
we need to work on mordecai's costume for next year. maybe something that doesn't inspire laughter every time xerxes looks at mordecai. :)
thanks for making purim special, shell!
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