Festive Purim Celebrated in Russia’s Capital

Photos: Levi Nazarov

There wasn’t a wasted minute on Purim day in Moscow, Russia, with tens of Megillah readings, mivtzoim and a grand seudah and farbrengen that continued into the night.

Photos: Levi Nazarov

There wasn’t a wasted minute on Purim day in Moscow, Russia, with tens of Megillah readings, mivtzoim and a grand seudah and farbrengen that continued into the night.

Thursday, Purim day, the celebrations continued in the Marina Roscha shul and community center, and tens of other locations across Moscow. Minyonim for shacharis and Megillah were held in Marina Roscha every hour on the hour from the early morning, and chassidim and bochurim spread out to numerous locations to bring the joy of Purim to others.

Students of Chabad yeshivas in Moscow distributed thousands of mishloach manos to residents of the Russian capital.

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