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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.
The Jewish Museum's Purim Ball at the Park Avenue Armory in 2015 in New York City. Andrew Toth/Getty ImagesPurim, which falls this year on Feb. 26, ranks among Judaism’s most joyous holidays. In ...
The Purim story in a nutshell: ... will hold a free Purim Carnival and Seudah on Sunday in South Hackensack. The festivities will start with a Megillah reading at 2 p.m. and go until 4:30 p.m.
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Children with mishloach manot during Purim, March 2008. Purim has sometimes been compared to Halloween, in part due to some observants wearing costumes, especially of Biblical figures described in the Purim narrative. [9] The Purim custom of giving mishloach manot has been compared to the Halloween tradition of giving candy. [10]
The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.
The Festival of Santa Esterica is a holiday that was created as a substitute for Purim by the Anusim (also known as "conversos", Sephardi Jews forced to convert to Catholicism) after their expulsion from Spain in the late 15th century. It is still celebrated today in Latin America and the Southwestern United States. [1]
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