Purim Fun at RHS

Today Rosenblatt High School’s Hebrew and Judaics departments teamed up with Rabbi Plotkin and the Hebrew Honor Society to perform the mitzvot of Purim!

We started the day by dividing into teams to create a collective video, recreating the story of the Book of Esther. We then spent time at our own little Purim carnival, where we created mishloach manot, had face painting, cotton candy, a bounce house, and a dunk tank. To fulfil the mitzvah of tzedakah, all proceeds from the dunk tank will be donated to children in hospitals.

We then ended the day by having a Purim feast with Holocaust survivors. Over 20 Holocaust survivors joined us for a delicious brunch. Our students met them outside of the high school building and walked with them to Zinman. Seated at different tables throughout the room, our students and our guests talked, laugh, ate and even sang together, as Eva Demsky and a guest performed, on the spot, a rendition of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav. We wrapped up with a hilarious showing of all of their videos, spliced into one film with the help of Robbie Shinder and Joseph Zeuner, and then delivered our Mishloach manot to our guests.

Chag Purim Sameach!

Tamar Abrahami, 11th Grade