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2. Purim - Wikipedia

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   Purim Meshulash, [103] or the three-fold Purim, is a somewhat rare calendric occurrence that affects how Purim is observed in Jerusalem (and, in theory at least, in other cities that were surrounded by a wall in ancient times).

3. Here's What You Should Know About the Jewish Holiday of Purim

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   [table-of-contents] stripped. 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 ...

4. What Is Purim? Learn All About the Joyful Jewish Holiday

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   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.

5. What is Purim? How NJ Jews will celebrate festive ... - AOL

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   "Purim is a holiday that celebrates resilience and hope in the face of persecution and even the desire to annihilate the Jewish people," said Rabbi Joshua Waxman of Temple Beth Rishon in Wyckoff ...

6. 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).

7. Esther - Wikipedia

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   Since the 1890s, most scholars have “agreed in seeing [The Book of] Esther as a historicized myth or ritual” and generally concluded that Purim is rooted in a Babylonian or Persian myth or festival—though which one is a subject of discussion. [3] [4] There is general agreement among scholars that the Book of Esther is a work of fiction ...

8. Megillah (Talmud) - Wikipedia

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   The first page (2a) of the Vilna daf edition Babylonian Megillah. Masechet Megillah of the Babylonian Talmud (Gemara) is a commentary of the Amoraim that analyzes and discusses the Mishnayot of the same tractate; however, it does not do so in order: the first chapter of each mirror each other, [7] [8] as do the second chapters, [9] [4] but the Gemara's third chapter reflects the fourth of the ...

9. During the Israel-Hamas war, Jews will soon celebrate Purim ...

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   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 ...