Purim Day
Purim is a Jewish holiday, celebrated annually on the 14th of the Jewish month of Adar (or 15 of Adar in the walled cities) in commemoration of the miracle recounted in the Book of Esther in which the Jewish people, through the intervention of a young Jewish woman named Esther, who concealed her Jewish origins, manages to survive an attempt to be annihilated under the command of the Persian king Ahasuerus, identified by some historians as Xerxes I, around 450 BC.
The Book of Esther tells how King Ahasuerus of Persia, instead of killing all the Jews in his kingdom, as his minister Haman had requested, kills Haman, his ten sons, and the enemies of the Jews throughout the world. empire. Ahasuerus places Mordecai, Esther's cousin, in Haman's post.
Despite the fact that Purim is considered one of the most joyous days on the Hebrew calendar, Jews have an obligation to fast and pray on the eve, in memory of the Persian Jews who fasted in the face of the impending conflict that could have led to their extermination.
After the fast, a great banquet is held in which it is customary to drink wine and recite songs. It is an obligation to send gifts to friends and to give alms to the poor. It is also customary to dress up young children.
The festival of Purim has always been highly appreciated by Judaism; some have argued that when all prophetic and hagiographic works are forgotten, the Book of Esther will still be remembered, and therefore the holiday of Purim will continue to be observed.
Purim in the streets of Tel Aviv
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