{"id":35497,"date":"2026-03-04T07:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35497"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:31:37","slug":"ono-wishes-you-a-happy-purim-during-these-difficult-days","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-wishes-you-a-happy-purim-during-these-difficult-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Wishes You A Happy Purim During These Difficult Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Purim-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Purim Message with clown\" width=\"506\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Purim-2026.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Purim-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Purim-2026-218x218.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Wishes You A Happy Purim During These Difficult Days<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Purim miracle celebrates the salvation of the entire Jewish people from genocide at the hands of Haman, the viceroy of the King of the Persian Empire in 355-356 BC.\u00a0 The story of Purim takes place, in the period after the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and before the construction of the Second Temple.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>What is the essence of the holiday?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The holiday of Purim is celebrated on the 14th of Adar in most of the world, and the 15<sup>th<\/sup> of Adar in Jerusalem (this year, March 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup>), to commemorate the rescue of the Jews from this extermination, which Haman, the viceroy of King Ahasuerus, the ruler of the Persian Empire, planned to carry out. The holiday is called PURim because of the lots (\u201cPur\u201d in Persian) that Haman cast to determine on what day the Jews would be massacred. Following the sequence of events described in the Book of Esther, the decree was canceled and thanks to Queen Esther, Haman&#8217;s plot was foiled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>How do you celebrate Purim?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>It is customary to read the Scroll of Esther on the eve of Purim and again on the following day.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>We send parcels of food to each other and gifts to the poor.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>We eat a Purim feast with great pomp.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Children (but not just children) get dressed up in costumes and masks.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>The holiday is characterized by great joy, merriment and relief.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Hoping for safe days! Take care of yourselves \ud83d\ude4f<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":35498,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-35497","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}