Purim
Also known as Feast of Esther, Feast of Purim, Jewish Feast of Purim, Feast of Lots
Purim ( , ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther.
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Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates how Queen Esther saved the Jewish people from being killed by Haman, a powerful official in the ancient Achaemenid Empire, according to the biblical Book of Esther. The holiday commemorates this deliverance from what would have been the destruction of the Jewish people.
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Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Purim
- Holiday.image
- Purim by Arthur Szyk.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- Purim by Arthur Szyk
- Holiday.date
- 14th day of Adar (in Jerusalem and all ancient walled cities, 15th of Adar)
- Holiday.type
- Jewish
- Holiday.significance
- Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told in the Book of Esther ()
- Holiday.relatedto
- Hanukkah, Day of Salvation and Liberation, as a rabbinically decreed Jewish holiday
- Holiday.startedby
- Esther and Mordechai
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
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- Name
- Purim narrative
- Scriptural and rabbinical sources
- Historical views
- Traditional historians
- Modern scholarship views
- Observances
- Reading of the Megillah
- Blessings before Megillah reading
- Blessing and recitations after Megillah reading
- Women and Megillah reading
- Blotting out Haman's name{{anchor|grager}}
- Megillah reading campaign
- Food gifts and charity
- Purim meal {{transliteration|he|(se'udah)}} and festive drinking
- Fasts
- Customs
- Greetings
- Masquerading
- Burning of Haman's effigy
- Purim spiel
- Songs
- Traditional foods
- Torah learning
- In Jerusalem
- Shushan Purim
- Purim Meshulash
- Other Purims
- Purim Katan
- Communal and familial Purims
- In modern history
- In the media
- Gallery
- See also
- Extensions of Jewish festivals which are similar to Shushan Purim and Purim Katan
- Persian(ate) Jewry
- Notes
- References
- External links
Purim ( , ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther.
According to the Book of Esther, Haman was the royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus (likely Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I; and in Old Persian, respectively). His plans were foiled by Mordecai of the tribe of Benjamin, who previously warned the king about an assassination attempt, and Esther, Mordecai's cousin and adopted daughter who had become queen of Persia after her marriage to Ahasuerus. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing among Jews. Although the Book of Esther is traditionally viewed as a historical document, modern scholarship generally regards it as a historical novel with legendary elements, not a reliable account of Purim’s origins.