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Purim

Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים Pūrīmⓘ, lit. 'lots') 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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2025 date
Sunset, 13 March – nightfall, 14 March
2026 date
Sunset, 2 March – nightfall, 3 March
2027 date
Sunset, 22 March – nightfall, 23 March
2028 date
Sunset, 11 March – nightfall, 12 March
Celebrations
Listening to the Book of Esther in synagogue; · sending food parcels and giving charity; · dressing up in costume; · eating a festive meal; · parties and parades (Adloyada);
Date
14th day of Adar (in Jerusalem and all ancient walled cities, 15th of Adar)

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Purim narrative

Scriptural and rabbinical sources

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In Jerusalem

Other Purims

In modern history

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Gallery

Extensions of Jewish festivals which are similar to Shushan Purim and Purim Katan

Persian(ate) Jewry

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Purim

Nodes283
Edges282
Triples407
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007067
Components1

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Purim

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related to Reading of the Megillah · 26
Purim → An, Besides, Book, CE, Esther, For, Further, Great Assembly, Haman, Jews, Lamentations, Levi, Megillah, Mordecai, Queen Esther, Rabbi Joshua, Rashbam, Sages, Talmud, The
related to Songs · 26
Purim → Adar, Al HaNisim, Ani Purim, Chag Gadol Hu LaYehudim, Chag Purim, Chayav Inish, Esther, Hebrew, Kacha Yay'aseh, LaYehudim, LaYehudim Hayesa Orah, Megillah, Mishenichnas Adar, Mishnah Taanith, Mordechai Yatza, Once There Was, Shoshanas Yaakov, Songs, Talmudic, The Jews
related to Scriptural and rabbinical sources · 25
Purim → According, Babylonian Talmud, Bavli Hullin, Belshazzar, Book, Brief, CE, Esther, Gemara, Great Assembly, Haman, Hebrew Bible, Jerusalem, Josephus, Mishnah, Mordecai, Queen Vashti, Sages, Sanhedrin, Talmud
related to Traditional foods · 25
Purim → Among Sephardic Jews, Ashkenazi, Ashkenazi Jews, Baklavas, Figuela, Greece, Haman, Haman's, Haman's Ears, Hojuelas, Israeli Jews, Jerusalem, Jews, Kadayıf, Ma'amoul, More, On Purim, Orejas, Sephardic, The
related to history · 23
Purim → Adolf Hitler, All, Częstochowa, German, Germany, Haman's, In, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Kristallnacht, Minsk Ghetto, Nazi, Nazis, November, On Purim, Persians, Piotrków, Radom, Semite Julius Streicher
related to In the media · 23
Purim → Ahasuerus, Biblical Esther, Century-Fox, Esther, For Your Consideration, Hadassah, Home, However, It, Italy, Jewish, Joan Collins, King, King Xerxes, One Night, Oscar, Persia, Queen, Raoul Walsh, Richard Egan
related to Traditional historians · 23
Purim → Ahasuerus, Antiquities, Artaxerxes, Book, CE, Cyrus, Darius, Esther, Ezra, Greek, He, Hebrew Book, It, Jewish, Jews, Josephus, Mede, Nehemiah, Persian, Persian-erected
related to Purim Katan · 22
Purim → Adar, Av Harachamim, Certain, During, Eil Erech Apayim, Fasting, Hebrew, Lam'nazteach, Little Purim, Mincha, Mishnah, Monday, Psalm, Purim Katan, Shabbat, Shushan Purim Katan, Tachanun, The, The Karaites, Thursday
related to Purim meal (se'udah) and festive drinking · 18
Purim → Blessed, Cursed, Haman, Hasidic, Joseph Karo, Maimonides, Megillah, Mordecai, Moses Isserles, On Purim, Rather, Rava, Se'udat Purim, Several, Talmud, The Talmud, There, Yechiel Michel Epstein
related to Communal and familial Purims · 17
Purim → According, Chasam Sofer, Fettmilch, Frankfurt, Historically, Jewish, Kraków, One, Poland, Pressburg, Purim Vintz, Purim Vinz, Purims, Rabbi Moses Sofer, Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Since Purim, Tamuz

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esther jewish megillah jews haman mordecai adar ahasuerus book one reading also day hebrew according persian shushan celebrated king jerusalem

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Purim2025 dateSunset, 13 March – nightfall, 14 March1.00infobox
Purim2026 dateSunset, 2 March – nightfall, 3 March1.00infobox
Purim2027 dateSunset, 22 March – nightfall, 23 March1.00infobox
Purim2028 dateSunset, 11 March – nightfall, 12 March1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationsListening to the Book of Esther in synagogue;1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationssending food parcels and giving charity;1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationsdressing up in costume;1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationseating a festive meal;1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationsparties and parades (Adloyada);1.00infobox
PurimCelebrationsdrinking alcoholic beverages, especially wine1.00infobox
PurimDate14th day of Adar (in Jerusalem and all ancient walled cities, 15th of Adar)1.00infobox
PurimFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
PurimRelated toHanukkah, Day of Salvation and Liberation, as a rabbinically decreed Jewish holiday1.00infobox
PurimSignificanceCelebration of Jewish deliverance as told in the Book of Esther (megillah)1.00infobox
PurimStarted byEsther and Mordechai1.00infobox
PurimTypeJewish1.00infobox
Purimis aBook of Esther0.90text
Purimis areading of the Book of Esther0.90text

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