Purim 2026 starts at sundown on Monday, March 3. Get ready for this joyous Jewish holiday and make it fun and meaningful for the whole family with our ultimate prep checklist!
Step 1: Purim Gift Shopping
Purim is commonly associated with food baskets, aka Mishloach Manot, and other fun gifts, so make sure you’re ready to treat everyone on your list.
While the tradition most commonly centers around giving gifts of food, some communities and families also give toys and other special gifts to their children on Purim. You may want to consider including a festive greeting card or grogger.
Our store has all your Purim gift needs as well as a handy gift category guide here. So don’t forget to order early to get all your gifts in time for the holiday!
Got your gift giving list ready? Here are some of the people you may be shopping for:
- Your parents, siblings, and grandparents
- Your children and grandchildren
- Your spouse or significant other
- Your nieces and nephews
- Your friends and their families
- Coworkers
- Neighbors
- Needy members of your community
- Your children's teachers
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Step 2: Get Your Costume Ready
Another fun and beloved Purim tradition is dressing up in costumes! For some people, a costume takes a lot of thought and planning, while others prefer to keep it simple.
Whatever your style, don’t get caught on Purim unprepared!
Getting stuck trying to think of a fun costume idea? Some prompts to get your creative juices flowing:
*Think about current events, that newest trending show, or the last movie you saw.
*Would you like to do a group costume with your family, significant other, or best friends?
*Consider something you would never wear normally – Purim is a common occasion for cross-dressing or portraying the opposite of who you are!
Curious where this fun tradition comes from? Learn more about this and other Purim customs with our Purim Traditions Explained blog post!
Step 3: Hosting Essentials for Purim
If you are hosting a meal or party for Purim, it’s important to plan and stay organized so nothing falls through the cracks and you aren’t scrambling at the last moment.
Not only is there food to cook and serve; there is the table to beautify with gorgeous serving bowls, trivets, salt and pepper shakers, and other tableware. If you or your guests are more traditional, you’ll likely also want a handwashing cup and towels, a challah board for your beautiful challah, and Birkonim or Benchers for grace after meals.
And don’t forget a festive tablecloth and delicious kosher food from the best Israeli farmers and artisanal producers!
- Have you invited your guests and inquired about allergies/dietary restrictions?
- Have you planned your menu?
- Have you made a grocery list?
- Do you have all the tableware you need?
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Step 4: Megillat Esther
- Do you have a place to go to hear the Megillah being read, whether in person or virtually?
- If you or someone you know is trained in chanting from the Megillah, consider hosting your own reading! But don’t forget to get an authentic Megillat Esther scroll first.
- Do you have a printed text to follow along with? Our store has just what you need, including editions with English translations!
- Don’t forget festive noisemakers to drown out Haman! From traditional groggers to tambourines, you can get fun noisemakers for the whole family straight from Israel at our store.
Get ready for Megillat Esther and all your other Purim traditions with our handy Purim 2023 Buying Guide.
Step 5: Last-Minute Essentials
- Choose a charity to donate to or a needy family to help out in honor of Purim
- Buy some traditional hamantaschen - or try making your own!
- Read more about Purim on our blog
- Plan fun activities for your kids to get them excited - encourage them to pick their own costumes and groggers, or even put on a play to tell the Purim story
- Sign up for Judaica WebStore emails on our site to get more Purim updates, articles, and sales!
That’s it – you’re ready to celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim! Let us know if we forgot anything, or if you found this checklist useful.
Happy Purim from the entire Judaica Webstore team in Jerusalem!
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