Purim 2025
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What's coming up for Purim
Purim Carnival 2025
Join TEE and SJS for Purim this year by celebrating with a carnival! All the details you need to know about the carnival can be found here.
This year's carnival will be on Sunday, March 9th from 9:30am-12pm.
Get tickets for yourself and/or your family by clicking here.
There will be games, food vendors, a bounce house, prize room, musical dessert game, photo booth, silent auction and so much more! Costumes are encouraged and welcome.
Sisterhood's Chai Boutique will be having a Shaloha T-Shirt Sale during Purim Carnival from 9 AM - 11:30 AM. $5-10 off all styles and sizes! One Day ONLY.
Calling all Volunteers
We need your help to make Purim Carnival run smoothly and create fun memories for our keiki and community! We need help both before and during Purim Carnival.
To sign up to volunteer, please click here.
Do a Mitzvah and Donate!
We are looking for donations for our Purim prizes and silent auction! Please help support our carnival and donate any items you might have to the Temple main office Monday - Friday 10 AM - 3 PM. Thank you for your continued effort in supporting our community and helping make this carnival a spectacular one!
For our Purim Prize Room, feel free to donate any lightly used toys, stuffed animals, games, etc.
For Silent Auction donations, we are looking for higher quality items such as new toys, services, jewelry, etc.
If you have any items you would like to donate for Silent Auction, please click here to contact us.
Purim Spiel
Our congregation will be celebrating Purim with a silent film Spiel, titled "The Bachelor of Persia" featuring friends and family from Temple Emanu-El! There will also be a partial Megillah reading.
Light dinner will be served. Wear fun costumes and bring noisy pantry items for groggers!
Join us on Saturday, March 15 at 6 PM
Overflow Parking during Purim Carnival
We will have very limited parking available at our Temple during Purim Carnival as we are designating a portion of the parking lot for food vendor stalls and the bounce house. Carpooling, ride-sharing, and riding the bus are all encouraged.
There is additional parking available at the Hawaii Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Headquarters, Tendai Mission of Hawaii, and Ma'ema'e Elementary School.
Hawaii Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Headquarters is located at 2728 Pali Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96817. See below for walking directions from SDA to the Temple. Look out for our Temple E sign!
Ma'ema'e Elementary School is located at 319 Wyllie St, Honolulu, HI 96817. See below for walking directions from Ma'ema'e to the Temple.