Topic - Purim

Purim (Hebrew: Pûrîm "lots", related to Akkadian pūru) is a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people living throughout the ancient Persian Empire from a plot by Haman the Agagite to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. - Source: Wikipedia

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Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, celebrate the festival of Purim at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2022. Purim celebrates the biblical story of how a plot to exterminate Jews in Persia was thwarted, and thus is embraced as an affirmation of Jewish survival throughout history. For many Jews, it will have extra significance in 2024 during a war in Gaza triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel in which Hamas killed 1,200 people and took about 250 others hostage. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

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Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, celebrate the festival of Purim at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2022. Purim celebrates the biblical story of how a plot to exterminate Jews in Persia was thwarted, and thus is embraced as an affirmation of Jewish survival throughout history. For many Jews, it will have extra significance in 2024 during a war in Gaza triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel in which Hamas killed 1,200 people and took about 250 others hostage. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

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CORRECTS SPELLING OF PURIM - Ultra Orthodox Jewish boy wears a doctor's costume during the first day of a Purim holiday as the Book of Esther is read in a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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** FILE ** Triangular-shaped orange-poppy seed hamantashen cookies are a dessert favorite on the holiday of Purim. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Triangular-shaped orange-poppy seed hamantashen cookies are a dessert favorite on the holiday of Purim. (Associated Press)

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