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  2. Purim - Wikipedia

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    A Purim spiel (Purim play) is a comic dramatization that attempts to convey the saga of the Purim story. [79] By the 18th century, in some parts of Eastern Europe, the Purim plays had evolved into broad-ranging satires with music and dance for which the story of Esther was little more than a pretext.

  3. Yom Kippur - Wikipedia

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    Yom Kippur (/ ˌ j ɒ m k ɪ ˈ p ʊər, ˌ j ɔː m ˈ k ɪ p ər, ˌ j oʊ m-/ ⓘ YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; [1] Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר ‎ Yōm Kippūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. ' Day of Atonement ') is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

  4. Days of week on Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Since Purim falls on Sunday, the 13th of Adar, known as the Fast of Esther, falls on Saturday. Usually, fasts other than Yom Kippur are postponed to the following Sunday. But as this Sunday is Purim, and fasts are usually not observed on Friday, the fast is advanced to the prior Thursday (the 11th of Adar).

  5. Yom Kippur Katan - Wikipedia

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    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 tov sheni shel galuyot refers to the observance of an extra day of Jewish holidays outside of the land of Israel.

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    Around 160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets and a 776-mile (1,249-kilometer) drinking water pipeline have been installed at a temporary tent city covering 4,000 hectares, roughly the size of 7,500 ...

  7. 75 Happy Purim Wishes To Get the Celebrations Started! - AOL

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  8. For the first time in months, there's hope and joy in Israel ...

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    Palestinians walk past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 20, 2025.

  9. Tomb of Esther and Mordechai - Wikipedia

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    In 1850 J. J. Benjamin visited the place, writing that some 500 Jewish families lived there, with three synagogues. The tombs he described as situated in a magnificent building just inside the city walls, which the local Jews visited monthly, and where on Purim the Book of Esther was read and the tombs were stuck with the faithful's palms.