SHABBAT PARSHAT TITZAVEH , PARSHAS ZACHOR
Shabbos Day, March 7 - 11 Adar 5780

In addition to the regular weekly Parsha of Vayikra, we read Parshas Zachor (which details the war with Amaleyk). It is a Torah obligation to hear Parshas Zachor.

TAANIS ESTHER, THE FAST OF ESTHER AND PURIM NIGHT

Monday, March 9- 13 Adar 5780
Mincha it is customary to give three half-dollar coins to tzedakah. This money is given in commemoration of the Half Shekel (Machtzis Hashekel) that was given at this time of year to the Beis Hamikdash to replenish the sacrificial coffers

PURIM
Monday night, March 9 through Tuesday, March 10
- Listen to the entire Megillah reading on Monday night and Tuesday morning

- insert Al Ha’Nissim to the Shemona Esrei and Birkas Ha'Mazon

- send Mishloach Manos (to be made of two different foods, i.e. different Berachos) to at least one person

- distribute Matanos L’Evyonim (gifts to the poor) to at least two needy individuals. One may perform this mitzvah by contributing to the Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim Torah Fund. Please write “Matanos L’Evyonim” in the memo line of the check or pay online by visiting www.suburbanorthodox.org > Torah Fund, add "Matanos L'Evyonim" in Notes section. *
- Eat a festive meal on Purim day

*"It is better for a person to emphasize giving ‘Gifts to the Poor’ in a generous and magnanimous fashion, rather than to emphasize the ‘Sending of Portions’ or his own lavish Seudas Purim for there is no greater or more praiseworthy form of celebration than that of celebrating in a manner that gladdens the hearts of the needy, the widowed, the orphaned, and the friendless stranger. One who gladdens the heart of the unfortunate is compared to the Divine Presence, as it is said (Isaiah: 57:15), to revive the spirit of the downtrodden, and to restore the heart of the broken." (Rambam in Laws of the Megillah).