Yes, you say "Happy Purim" to wish someone a joyous holiday. Common greetings include the Hebrew "Chag Purim Sameach" (KHAG poo-REEM sah-MAY-akh), meaning "Happy Purim holiday," or the Yiddish "ah freilichen Purim" (a FRAY-likh-en POO-rim), meaning "a joyful Purim," which are used during the celebration.
(That's why the holiday is sometimes spelled Chanukah.) Say Happy Hanukkah, do your best with the initial guttural h, smile, don't worry and celebrate Hanukkah. The best greeting is Happy Purim! Some say Chag Sameach, meaning Happy Holiday or Purim Sameach which means Happy Purim!
“Go with 'Happy Purim,' that will do,” said Aaron Miller of Washington Hebrew Congregation. “But if you want to work on your Hebrew, you can say 'Chag,' with a little of Jewish in the 'ch' — 'Chag Purim Sameach. '”
When Jews meet each other on the joyous holiday of Purim, they greet each other with wishes of “happy Purim.” In Hebrew, you say “chag Purim sameach” (write it חג פורים שמח and pronounce it KHAG poo-REEM sah-MAY-akh).
"Mazel tov" (Yiddish: מזל טוב, romanized: mázl tov) or "mazal tov" (Hebrew: מזל טוב, romanized: mazál tov; lit. "good fortune") is a Jewish phrase used to express congratulations for a happy and significant occasion or event.
On Purim, we can greet one another with “Chag Purim sameach!” which means “Happy Purim!” and some people shorten that to “Purim sameach.” In Yiddish, the traditional greeting is for a "freilechen Purim.”
Eulogies and fasting are prohibited on Purim, and in a leap year, they are prohibited in the first Adar as well. A mourner likewise does not practice mourning publicly on Purim. He does not sit on the ground nor remove his shoes, and observes the private aspects of mourning, as is the case on Shabbat.
Listening to the public reading, usually in synagogue, of the Book of Esther in the evening and again in the following morning (k'riat megillah). Sending food gifts to friends (mishloach manot). Giving charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim). Eating a festive meal (se'udat mitzvah).
Megillat Esther ends with the Jews carrying out a bloody battle, in which more than 75,000 people lose their lives, and in which fear of death prompts countless others to feign Jewishness.
The Jewish holiday of Purim celebrates a time in the 4th century BCE when Jewish people in Shushan, Persia, were saved from a cruel fate by the bravery of a woman named Esther.
“Barukh HaShem.” Barukh Hashem (בָּרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם) is the quintessential Jewish way to say, “Thank God.” It is a way to express appreciation for what we have and what we are experiencing in the moment.
Condoms are generally not allowed as there is a commandment against `killing the seed'. However, some liberal Jews may use this method. Discussion about contraception should involve both husband and wife, who may wish to consult their rabbi. The issue of abortion within the Jewish community is complex.
In the Sefer Hameorot it is written that making oneself drunk is not the Torah's idea of joy: “It is only an act of foolishness.” Rabbenu Efraim of the Gemara ruled that the Talmud rejected the obligation to drink wine on Purim.
Not all Jews follow the shomer negiah when dating, but for those who do, it means avoiding all types of physical touch before marriage. No touching or physical contact at all, including hand-holding, hugging, or kissing before marriage.
Oy vey (Yiddish: אױ װײ) is a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation. Also spelled oy vay, oy veh, or oi vey, and often abbreviated to oy, the expression may be translated as "oh, woe!" or "woe is me!" Its Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy (אוי ואבוי, óy va'avóy).
If someone sneezes and you want to say “God bless you", the right idiom in Hebrew is לבריאות (labriut, pronounced like luh-bree-oot). Meaning "for health." More like this @HebrewWithGQ. Very practical, useable.
Mazal tov literally means “good luck,” but Jews use it pretty much the same way that English-speakers use the word “congratulations.” So this is the appropriate wish for an engagement, wedding, birth, circumcision, bat mitzvah, bar mitzvah, closing on a new house, a new job, or even the completion of a tractate (known ...
