Mivtza Purim An Astounding Success

 Chabad Houses around the world took part in mivtza Purim, helping Jews perform the four mitzvos of Purim – mikra megilla, mishloach manos, matanos la’evyonim, and mishteh v’simcha. Being that this year is the fiftieth year of the Rebbe’s leadership, the Purim campaign was carried out with greater effort than ever before. More hospitals and senior citizen homes, police stations (in Eretz Yisroel) and jails, and community and business centers were visited this Purim. The statistics in New York alone are quite impressive, with over 400 events that took place in greater New York, and visits by Anash and Tmimim to 300 senior citizen homes, 52 hospitals, 46 prisons, and 45,000 stores and businesses in the metropolitan area.

Irgun Talmidei HaYeshivos in New York published an attractive Purim guide. A special section of the guide was devoted to the topic of Redemption and its connection to Purim. Readers are urged to personally increase in mitzvos and good deeds to hasten the coming of Moshiach. 100,000 copies of the guide were printed and distributed by shluchim and Anash.

The Moshiach Information Center of Canada, directed by shaliach Rabbi Zushe Zilberstein produced a colorful mishloach manos box.

In Eretz Yisroel, Tzach published a Purim guide for children and adults, and prepared mishloach manos for distribution at medical centers, army bases, and for I.D.F. widows. The Aguda Lemaan HaGeula HaAmitis V’Hashleima also produced a brochure about the mitzvos of Purim and their connection to the Geula. May all these activities tip the scale to bring about the hisgalus now!