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    Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; פּוּרִים‎ Pūrīm, lit. 'lots'; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation...
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    Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in...
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  • performances in the fictional film they have not even completed yet, Home for Purim, a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are supposedly generating...
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    widespread custom to act out the story of Purim. The Purim spiel, or Purim play, has its origins in this, although the Purim spiel is not limited to that subject...
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    Book of Esther (category Purim)
    Jewish feast, the feast of Purim, but Purim itself is not the subject and no individual feast in the book is commemorated by Purim. The book's theme, rather...
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    the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates his victory. However, since the 1890s, some academics have suggested that Purim originated from a Babylonian...
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    years) – Purim 14 Adar I (does not exist in non-leap years; Karaites celebrate in Adar II) – Purim Katan 15 Adar (II in leap years) – Shushan Purim – celebration...
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  • Meisel (Budapest, 1878). Masekhet Purim ("Tractate of Purim"), a Purim Torah, a parody intended to be read during Purim, written at Rome. Caricaturing the...
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    bombing (also Purim massacre) was a Palestinian suicide attack which took place on March 4, 1996, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim. The suicide...
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    A Purim Rabbi of Purim Rav (Hebrew: רב פורים; Rav Purim) is a mock rabbi appointed during the celebration of Purim to recite the Purim Torah and to perform...
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