Hamantaschen is the staple of Purim. Purim is the Jewish holiday when Jews celebrate another time in history when evil rulers wanted to abolish and murder all Jews living in their land. For mpore information about Purim please visit Purim.com. For facts, history, customs and observances, please log on to Purim.com. For gift baskets and sending gifts to friends and family, please look around the site. Purim is a time for happiness and cheer. Celebrate Purim and enjoy a fun time of the year when it is a mitzvah (good deed) to eat, drink and be merry. Some traditions even call for drinking so much that you can't tell the difference between Mordechai HaYehudi and Haman HaRashah. Whatever you do on Purim, we hope this website will help you through it all.
What is a Hamantaschen?
Hamantaschen are triangular shaped cookies usually filled with fruit and or sweets. Jews and non-Jews eat this delicacy and yummy cookie all year round but the tradition is to bake, eat and give these cookies to friend's and family during the Purim holiday season. But Jewish traditon also remembers the poor. In addition to giving gifts, one is also charged with giving charity or tzedakah or Mataonot LeEvyonim.
Purim arrives in the transitional time period between winter and spring exactly 1 month before Passover.
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