March 15, 5:30 pm
For those who are new to our Congregation, Sha’are Shalom celebrates Purim in a big way: Purim Baskets, homemade hamantaschen, and a Party are all part of our celebration.
Purim Baskets. The Purim Basket began as a way to ensure that each person had food for the fes-tive meal. It has developed into a tradition of send-ing baskets to friends and relatives as a sign of friendship. As in many other congregations, the sale of Purim Baskets is one of our major fundrais-ers. We have both children and adult baskets. Both baskets have a selection of delicious snacks however the contents of the two baskets are different. When people see the baskets and the contents, they can see that they could easily cost $5 to make, so we get the question “how can you sell the baskets for $5.00 and make money.” The answer is: we can make money because no matter how many baskets are ordered for an individual, that person will receive one basket with a card. The card will list the names of everyone that purchased a basket for that individual.
So now it’s time to think about your friends in Sha’are Shalom or your neighbors that you would like to give a basket, and don’t forget our children in the Sunday School. Each basket is $5 or you can send a basket to every family in Sha’are Shalom for $150.
Party Time! We will have food, Parade of Cos-tumes and reading of the Megillah; of course every-one knows you can’t properly read the Megillah without groggers. Not to worry! Groggers will be provided. We encourage everyone to come in cos-tume because our Parade of Costumes is always a lot of fun. You can be anyone you want that evening, no limitations. So let your imagination run wild and see if you can stump us as we try to guess who you are. Our menu is pizza, salad, drinks and dessert. The price is $5 per adult and $3 for children age 5 to 10. Children under 5 are free.
Hamantaschen
The bakers of Sha’are Shalom are again offering home-made hamantaschen. The price is $7 per doz-en and the minimum order is one dozen of the same flavor. You may select from chocolate, poppy, apri-cot, prune or raspberry.
Reservations/Orders:
You can make reservations for the party and or-der hamantaschen and baskets by contacting Made-lene via email [email protected] or mail your request to Madelene at 4826 Bryantown Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20601. Please make all checks payable to Sha’are Shalom and mail to the address above.
Deadlines:
Baskets: March 8th
Hamantaschen: March 10th
Party: March 10th
When ordering:
Baskets: Send a list of basket recipients names and specify if they are adults or children.
Hamantaschen: specify the flavor and number of dozen.
Party: specify whether adults or children and the names.
Delivery:
The baskets and hamantaschen will be available at the party Sat, March 15th. If you will not be at the party, you may pick up your purchases at the syna-gogue that day beginning at 4 pm.