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Purim is a joyful Jewish holiday that is celebrated in the spring. Purim traditions include dressing in costumes , giving and receiving gift baskets , and re-enacting the story of Purim from the ...
On Purim 1942, ten Jews were hanged in Zduńska Wola to "avenge" the hanging of Haman's ten sons. [119] In a similar incident in 1943, the Nazis shot ten Jews from the Piotrków ghetto. [120] On Purim eve that same year, over 100 Jewish doctors and their families were shot by the Nazis in Częstochowa.
But for us Jews, March 23 brings the burst of a powerfully joyous holiday − Purim. While technically not a major holiday, it is a celebration of pure joy, fun, and smiling children as we ...
Seudat Purim: a festive meal. In the U.S., Appel explains, most people celebrate Purim by hearing the story, attending a festive meal and attending a Purim carnival, with some also sending food gifts.
The Fast of Esther (Ta'anit Ester, Hebrew: תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר) is a fast on Purim eve commemorating two communal fasts undertaken by the Persian Jewish community of Shushan in the Book of Esther, for the purpose of praying for salvation from annihilation by an evil decree which had been instigated by Haman, the king's royal vizier, an anti-jewish enemy from the Amalekite nation.
The relationship between Jews and Halloween is complicated, due to the Christian and Pagan roots of Halloween. Many Jews in Western countries celebrate Halloween as a secular holiday. However, many Jews do not celebrate Halloween for religious or cultural reasons.
Purim Katan is when during a Jewish leap year Purim is celebrated during Adar II so that the 14th of Adar I is then called Purim Katan. Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim. Yom Kippur Katan is a practice observed by some Jews on the day preceding each Rosh Chodesh or New-Moon Day.
Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates ...