Grab a mask (not the one you're thinking of) & get ready to celebrate 🥳! This weekend Jews in Israel 🇮🇱 & around the world mark Purim, a 2,000 year old holiday that's all about celebrating the gift of life. Best part? Thanks to the custom of wearing masks, even COVID can't get in the way. Happy Purim! | Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

18K views · 61 reactions | Ultra-Orthodox Jews dressed in costumes celebrate #Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. The Purim holiday is celebrated with costumes, parades, festive meals and parties. The holiday commemorates the deliverance of the Jews in ancient Persia from a plot to exterminate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. | NoComment | Facebook