Purim
Purim is celebrated on Tuesday, March 10, 2009Day of celebration for the triumph of Mordechai and Esther over the Wicked Haman in Persia.
A Purim Miracle for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Our Way
The mitzvah of hearing Megillat Esther is a requirement of every Jew. Using our Power Point program will facilitate the “inclusion” of our fellow Jews who are deaf or hard of hearing within your community, and allow them to be part of this mitzvah. We would like to make this program available to every synagogue which is interested in including the deaf population into their services.Our Way/NJCD is proud to offer a power point presentation of Megillat Esther for the deaf and hard of hearing. Developed in Canada by Frank Ducheony of Our Way Montreal, this program is designed to enable the deaf and hard of hearing to follow the Megillah reading and participate in the holiday of Purim.
Here’s how it works: Simply put the disc into the drive in your computer and the program will pop up on the desk top. It can be projected to the front of the synagogue and a hearing person follows along with the Chazzan using the mouse of the computer. Every time the name of Haman is read, the word is clicked and a visual graphic comes up to represent “stamping out the name of Haman”.
This is a fun and engaging program which can be used not only for individuals with hearing loss, but is also useful for the elderly and the visually challenged, and to engage young children.
There is a donation of $100 which would be used to further develop inclusive resources for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Please contact us at 212-613-8127 or (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to order your copy and for more information.
The OU.ORG Adar section is adapted with permission from The Book of Our Heritage by Rabbi Eliyahu Kitov and other sources.
Other Purim Content
- Fast of Esther
- Purim and its Mitzvot
- When is Purim Observed?
- Megillat Esther - Introduction
- Why we wear disguises on Purim
- Background of the Hamentash
- “Ad D’lo Yada” - “Until one Cannot Distinguish”
- “Al HaNisim” Section for Purim
- Purim is Forever
- The Evils of Wine & Drugs
- Shoshanat Yaakov
- Purim and Yom kePurim
- Parshat Zachor
- The Book of Esther
- Megillat Esther - Part I
- Megillat Esther - Part II
- Every Day Purim - Every Night Kippurim
- Purim Coloring Pages
- Children’s Activities for Purim
- Purim - The Story of Purim - in Parties
- The Story of Purim - Narrated by Your Neighborhood Hamantash
- A Purim Miracle for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Our Way
- Important Video Regarding Purim - Aleinu