Purim
Also known as Feast of Esther, Feast of Purim, Jewish Feast of Purim, Feast of Lots
jüdisches Fest
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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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Article · Deutsch
Das Purimfest (hebräisch purim, Plural von פור pur, deutsch ‚Los, Schicksal‘, ursprünglich vom akkadischen Wort pūru jiddisch Purim oder Pirem) ist ein jüdisches Fest, das an die Rettung der Juden im Achämenidenreich erinnert.
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