45K views · 1.6K reactions | One of the customs of celebrating #Purim is wearing costumes. Here's what it looks like on the streets of Jerusalem. | Jerusalem Dateline | Facebook

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