Posts Tagged ‘ Purim ’

“Shanah Tovah” from iBracha

iBracha app offers ready-made Hebrew greeting cards for every occasion. App  contains a variety of ready-made templates with backgrounds and texts that can be combined to create custom greeting cards for a variety of occasions: Pesach, Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Shavuot, Hanukkah, Purim, birthdays, weddings and more. You can send greetings as a MMS, by email as a cool image [...]



Purim Memory for Android

Training memory with beautiful holidays symbols. Classical memory game, in special Purim compilation. Background music from popular songs. Levels of 4×4, 5×4, 6×6, 7×6 cards. Created: February 24, 2011 (updated: March 14, 2011) Developer: KidControl Size: 2,325,075 Bytes Price: Free Android Market Link . . . .



Noisemaker Gragger

New app from Behrman House. Just in time for this year’s megillah reading. The Noisemaker Gragger app is a virtual gragger on your iPhone. You can use it to participate in a customary megillah reading experience — using a noisemaker, or gragger, to drown out Haman’s name. Noisemaker Gragger app is pre-loaded with fun sounds.  You can [...]



Vedibarta Bam

“Vedibarta Bam — And You Shall Speak of  Them – Megillat Esther” (Kindle Edition) by Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky is a compilation of selected Torah insights, though-provoking ideas, homilies and explanations on passages of Megillat Esther. A most appropriate Sefer if you are looking for: A thought for a drasha in your shul or occasion such as a Bar [...]



Insights into Purim

We live in a world that would be unrecognizable to King Achashverosh; but the newly released the Kol Menachem Megillas Esther, Slager Edition, bridges the gap between Achashverosh and Android, between Persia and iPads, between G-dly intervention and Google. Like the other popular Kol Menachem publications in the Gutnick Library of Jewish Classics, the Megillah [...]



Purim in the Digital Era

. Everything you need to know about iPurim. Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays.  Celebrated on the 14th day of  Adar  (in the leap year, which is exactly this year, in the second month of  Adar) commemorates the time when the Jews were saved from annihilation during the realm of  Persian Empire. The Book [...]



Megillat Esther in mp3

Purim is just around the corner, this year begins at sundown on March 19, 2011. Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays, a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. Commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Megillah, the scroll of the story of  Esther (Megillat Esther). If  you’re planning to [...]



“Purim Song” by The Maccabeats

The Maccabeats, noted for their 2010 Hanukkah song “Candlelight” just released a new music video for the upcoming Purim, called “Purim Song,” this time spoofing P!nk’s 2010 song, “Raise Your Glass“. The Maccabeats are an all-male college a cappella group from Yeshiva University. The Maccabeats were founded in 2007 by Michael Greenberg (though the group did [...]



Purim Inspiration

Purim Inspiration – Purim: Esther’s role – in this shiur Rabbi Beinish Ginsburg discusses Esther’s role in the megillah, and the seeming switch in her persona. Rabbi Beinish Ginsburg has been teaching at Michalah Jerusalem College for Women for the past fourteen years. He has been on staff at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh at the Kotel [...]



Megilat Esther HD (new app)

This is a special edition of the Book of  Esther, decorated with beautiful artworks from Malchut Waxberger Gallery, includes sounds and Interactive animations. When you see the name of Haman… touch the name and see what happens… Of course you can shake the device (iphone or iPod) to get the effect of a real gragger. The [...]



Megillat Esther

Like the previous works in the Kol Menachem series, Megillat Esther, Slager Edition is predominately based on the scholarly output of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994). Most of the Rebbe’s teachings were initially delivered at regular public gatherings (farbrengens) attended mainly by his own followers and disciples; they were later published, often under the Rebbe’s own editorial guidance. [...]



Jewish Coloring Pages app

You can be amazed that how easy you turn your iPhone to a Coloring book for your kids. It is just like coloring on paper. Jewish Coloring Pages app contains color pages from the Jewish Holidays, such as Passover & Purim Key Features – Simple and easy to use – Fun coloring pages – Coloring pages [...]



Purim Match (app)

Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays, a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. The Festival of  Purim commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Megillat Esther. Just released Purim Matching Game Memory Pairs is a memory game designed to be kid friendly with the Purim. Purim Match is fun [...]



Chanukah – The Miracle of You

The lone cruse of oil that the Macabees found was of sufficient quantity to kindle the Menorah for one day. Miraculously, it burned for eight days. Since the Macabees had one day’s supply of oil to start with, the miracle of the oil burning occurred for seven days. This being the case, we should celebrate [...]



Intro to Judaism

An introduction to the religion and traditions of Judaism. This app will give you an experience with beautiful graphics on both the iPad and the iPhone / iPod Touch platforms. The app contains information on Jewish history as well as major Jewish holidays such as Passover, Hanukkah, Purim, and Rosh Hashanah. Features: – Shake for [...]