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  2. Purim - Wikipedia

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    In cities that were protected by a surrounding wall at the time of Joshua, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month of Adar on what is known as Shushan Purim, since fighting in the walled city of Shushan continued through the 14th day of Adar. [13]

  3. List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Purim Meshulash - Rare calendar occurrence when Purim in Jerusalem falls on Shabbat. The next time this will happen is 2021. [4] Purim Katan - Minor Purim celebration on Adar I during leap years. Purim itself is celebrated in Adar II. The next time this will happen is the Jewish year 5782, on February 14, 2022. [5]

  4. Days of week on Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Purim Passover (first day) Yom HaZikaron Yom Ha'atzmaut Shavuot (first day) 17 Tammuz/ Tisha B'Av Rosh Hashanah/ Sukkot/ Shmini Atzeret/ (first day) Yom Kippur Hanukkah (first day) 10 Tevet Tu Bishvat Purim Katan (only in leap years) Gate that follows 1 31.9%: Sun: Tue: Mon* Tue* Wed: Tue: Thu: Sat Wed or Thu Wed, Thu, or Fri Tue, Wed, or Thu ...

  5. What is Purim? How NJ Jews will celebrate festive holiday in ...

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    The Purim story in a nutshell: ... The festivities will start with a Megillah reading at 2 p.m. and go until 4:30 p.m. ... Doritos' new flavor is in our top 5 of all time—see how the rest rank ...

  6. Adar - Wikipedia

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    The day was established as a community Purim for generations and to this day the Washington Heights community does not recite Tachanun on this day. [5] 20 Adar (1640) – Death of the "Bach" 21 Adar (Adar II, 1786) – Death of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk; 23 Adar (circa 1312 BCE) – Mishkan assembled for the first time; "Seven Days of ...

  7. Fast of Esther - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Second Purim - Wikipedia

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    The date of a Second Purim marked the anniversary of the day the community or individual was rescued from destruction, catastrophe, or an antisemitic ruler or threat. [1] [5] Some Second Purims coincided with Jewish holidays, such as the Purim of Ancona, Italy, which fell on the second day of Sukkot, and the Purim of Carpentras, France, marking the community's rescue from a blood libel on the ...

  9. Category:History of Purim - Wikipedia

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    1989 Purim stabbing attack; Julius Streicher This page was last edited on 6 February 2022, at 23:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...