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purim

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1. purim - Noun

2. Purim - Proper noun

Meaning

A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Purim is the birthday of the first Schutz-Jude, the first Jewish toady to foreign royalty. Isaac Leib Peretz

Heil Hitler! (when asked to state his name) You know my name well. Julius Streicher! The Bolsheviks will hang you one day! (to the hangman) Purim festival, 1946! I am now by God my father! Adele, my dear wife. Julius Streicher

Aba died on Purim day, when Shoni was dressed as a panda bear. Source: Internet

As Purim approaches, Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is joined by Rav Mike Feuer to talk about the latest chaotic Israeli elections, the politics of the Persian court in Esther’s time, and the commandment to remember to forget Amalek. Source: Internet

Book 11 Chapter 6 (184) Her story is the basis for the celebration of Purim in Jewish tradition. Source: Internet

It also organized an online Torah reading in observation of Purim, a joyous — and, at times, raucous — holiday that features costumes and noisemakers. Source: Internet

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