Minor Traditions For Generations To Come

Esther and Vashti are popular costumes among the girls.

Mordecai, Ahashverosh and Haman are popular costumes among the boys

This past Thursday we had our annual Purim Bash, a minor celebration on the Hebrew Calendar. It's interesting to consider that both Chanukah and Purim take place in the winter. Chanukah takes place a couple of months after Sukkot and Purim takes place one month before Passover. Wow—Spring Feasts, Fall Feasts, Winter Celebrations—there is always something to celebrate on the Hebrew Calendar! Anyway...

This year we did not promote our celebration like we did in the past few years, but we still had a large turnout. I was glad to see how many people actually came out on a weekday night to celebrate with us. Our desire is to celebrate the festivals on the actual date of the festival and not a few days later when it might be more convenient. Making the effort to do this will speak volumes to our children.

These celebrations are really geared toward our children anyway. We work extra hard and make the necessary sacrifices to create fun and exciting memories that will stay with our children for the rest of their lives. They will tell their own children about the fun they had at these celebrations and hopefully make the same effort to create exciting celebrations for them. We do this for our children, the next generation, so they will take these traditions and pass them on to generations to come. This is the Hebraic way. This is a core value for us at Front Range.

To see photos of our Purim Bash, visit our Facebook photo album here: Purim Bash! 14-15 Adar 5772



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