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In 2 Maccabees
The annual celebration on the 14th of Adar (the last month in the Jewish year) is said to commemorate the salvation
Ahasuerus orders Haman to be hanged, and the Jews attack and kill the enemies preparing to slaughter them
In John 5, the Lord Jesus is up in Jerusalem for an unnamed feast
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The scripture’s purpose was to record the institution of the annual festival of Purim and to keep alive for later generations the memory Purim is a festival when Jews remember Esther, who was the Queen of Persia more than 2,000 years ago
Esther and her cousin Mordecai are the
Purim is the biblical holiday celebrated worldwide in Jewish communities on the 14th or 15th of the Hebrew month of Adar
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Pour one out for Purim! Orthodox Jews celebrate annual holiday of deliverance in Jerusalem
God was not mentioned a single The story of Purim is found in the Book of Esther, where a plot by Haman, the royal advisor to King Ahasuerus, was conceived to kill the Jews in the Persian Empire
Hebrew Shavuot
The leap year contains an extra month: Adar I and Adar II
Obviously the book explains the origin of the annual non-Mosaic feast of Purim (9:28-32)
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PDF Purim: The Feast of Lots (Esther) - OUTLINE, PAGE 2 III
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Purim is intimately associated with the OT Book of esther, which is read in the synagogue on the feast
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Hosha’na, who himself was incarcerated, composed liturgy to be recited during the feast
It is customary to hold carnival Purim is a time for puppets and plays