An Introduction to Purim

Circle Time on Wednesday

This week we had a special guest in Kitah Alef Bet, Morah Sara Carter! Sara is a seasoned Jewish preschool teacher, whose CD, "I Have a Neshama" can often be heard playing in our class.

Sara brought her musical gifts to our class on Wednesday, as we sang a song with stick puppets to help us learn about each character in the Purim story:

(To the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb:)

In a castle lived a king, lived a king, lived a king.

In a castle lived a king; his name was Achashveirosh.

This king needed a new queen, a new queen, a new queen.

This king needed a new queen; her name was Esther.

Esther's uncle was Mordechai, Mordechai, Mordechai;

Esther's uncle was Mordechai, the leader of the Jews.

A not nice man; his name was Haman,

So we say BOO, we say BOO.

A not nice man; his name was Haman, so we say BOO!

Mordechai and Esther saved the day, saved the day, saved the day.

Mordechai and Esther saved the day for every single Jew.

Hashem  planned it just this way, just this way, just this way.

The Jews made a happy holiday; we call it Purim!

We will learn more about the fun traditions of this holiday in the following weeks.