Purim
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
Origin of Purim
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How to use Purim in a sentence
We fasted for Yom Kippur, read from the Megillah for Purim, and said bruchas over every meal.
A Jewish Ex-Con Recalls Keeping Kosher with the Faithful in Prison | Daniel Genis | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf this were the Purim story, Biden would be King Achashverosh.
Liberal Judaism has sadly been guilty of Pediatric Judaism for a long time, and not just on Purim.
He chides us liberals for not taking Purim seriously enough, for relegating it to “a play date for the kids.”
And if you want to take Purim seriously, as I do, neither should you.
The actors begin in a chanting way: "Good evening, my good people, do you know what Purim means?"
Even the name of God is not once mentioned, perhaps from a dread of its profanation during the Saturnalia of Purim.
The problem of the origin of the name Purim, however, can hardly be said to have received a final solution.
Many writers hold that it was the Passover, others that it was the feast of Purim, or some other Jewish celebration.
Jesus the Christ | James Edward Talmage"Drunk all the year round, sober at Purim," is a Jewish proverb, and people ought to know whence it comes.
Yiddish Tales | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Purim
/ (ˈpʊərɪm, Hebrew puːˈriːm ) /
a Jewish holiday celebrated on Adar 14, in February or March, and in Adar Sheni in leap years, to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre planned for them by Haman (Esther 9)
Origin of Purim
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Cultural definitions for Purim
[ (poor-im) ]
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