Thursday · Yom Chamishi
יום חמישי
14 Adar 5796
Thursday, March 13, 2036
Holiday / Observance
Purim
Today's Art from Israel
Kotel at Dusk by Pessy Samson Print on Fine Art Paper or Canvas Giclée
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Purim
Celebration of the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate every Jew in the Persian Empire.
Rav Shimon Schwab
Rav of the Washington Heights community of New York, who escaped Nazi Germany and succeeded Rav Joseph Breuer.
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomer
Student of the Maggid of Mezeritch, author of Or Hameir, one of the early foundation texts of Chassidus.
About 14 Adar 5796
Thursday, March 13, 2036 corresponds to 14 Adar 5796 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
Purim falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.