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Purim

This is an archive of prayers and song written for the festival of Purim.

Purim is named after the word pur in Megillat Esther, the method of divination by lot used to determine the proper date for the Jews under the dominion of the Persian empire (circa 5th century BCE) to be murdered en masse (Esther 3:7). The lot is cast on the 13th of Nisan for the 13th of Adar and the decree to destroy the Jews is relayed posthaste (Esther 3:12). (Significantly, the 13th of Nisan is the eve of Pesaḥ when, according to Leviticus 23:5-6, the slaughter and consumption of the paschal lamb is indicated -- a very auspicious date indeed.) Hijinx ensue.

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Almighty God! Thy Special Grace – a hymn for Purim by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

“Almighty God! Thy special grace,” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Feast of Esther (Pureem)” as Hymn 67 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 70-71.

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Purim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Penina Moïse and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Feast of Purim (פורים), by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau (1852)

“Prayer for the Feast of Purim (פורים)” by Marcus Heinrich Bresslau was first published in his תחנות בנות ישראל Devotions for the Daughters of Israel (1852), p. 46-48.

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Purim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Freedom, Jewish Women's Prayers, liberty, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Marcus Heinrich Bresslau and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

O God! Today Our Joyful Song of Praise – a hymn for Purim by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1856)

“O God! To-day our joyful song of praise,” by Rabbi Moritz Mayer, published in 1856, appears under the subject “Feast of Esther” as Hymn 196 in Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1856), pp. 191-192.

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Purim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina

Contributor(s):

Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina), Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for the Feast of Purim, by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866)

A prayer for a woman celebrating Purim.

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Purim

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Jewish Women's Prayers, Problematic prayers, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

Moritz Mayer and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Purim—the Festival of Joy, a prayer for that mirth which dispels hatred (CCAR 1923)

“Purim—The Feast of Joy” is the twenty-sixth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 90-92.

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Purim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, exhortation, joy, teḥinot in English, תוכחות tokheḥot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown and Central Conference of American Rabbis [CCAR]

Purim, Festival of Mirth — a prayer by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach (1924)

This prayer for “Purim, the Feast of Mirth” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 43-46.

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Purim

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, מוסר mussar, prayers for entertainers

Contributor(s):

Abraham Cronbach and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate: Rabbi Seth H. Frisch on 27 February 2018

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 27 February 2018.

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Purim, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

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115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Queen Esther, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s):

the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Seth H. Frisch

Ad d’Lo Yada (“until we can no longer discriminate”), a prayer for Purim 2026 by Rabbi Hannah Dresner

“Ad d’Lo Yada” was offered by R’ Hannah Dresner and first published in In Times Like These (2026), a collection of prayers and related resources for Purim published by The Bayit: Building Jewish.

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Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, Purim

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2026 U.S. immigration enforcement protests, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, first person, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Minneapolis, United States Immigration Policy

Contributor(s):

Hannah Dresner

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