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Purim

Jewish festival celebrated in February or March (the 14th of Adar in the Jewish calendar), commemorating Esther, who saved the Jews from extermination by the Persian king's vizier (executive officer) in 473 BC during the Persian occupation.

The festival includes a complete reading of the Book of Esther (the Megillah) in the synagogue, during which the listeners respond with stamping, whistling, and hissing to the names of the evil characters.



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