Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; פּוּרִים‎ Pūrīm, lit. 'lots'; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation...

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...

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...

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...

Hanukkah Saturday, January 22: Tu Bishvat Tuesday, March 21: Purim Wednesday, March 22: Shushan Purim Thursday, April 20: Pesach* Tuesday, May 2: Yom HaShoah...

Purim humor, Purim jokes, and Purim pranks are elements of joyful celebration of the holiday of Purim. Notable expressions of Purim humor of long tradition...

eradication. The Book of Esther's story provides the traditional explanation for Purim, a celebratory Jewish holiday that is observed on the Hebrew date on which...

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...

Purim Rattanaruangwattana (Thai: ปุริม รัตนเรืองวัฒนา, born 21 May 1997), nicknamed Pluem, is a Thai actor and singer. He started acting in the 2013 movie...

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...

permitted in the Talmud, Megilla 7b... pûrim is a hebraized form of a Babylonian word...Efforts to identify Purim with an earlier Jewish or Greek festival...

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...

pastry associated with the Jewish holiday of Purim. The name refers to Haman, the villain in the Purim story. In Hebrew, hamantashen are also known as...

Purim Torah is humorous and satirical comments in the learned style of talmudic or halakhic comments customarily read, recited from memory or authored...

(also Purim massacre) was a Palestinian suicide terrorist attack which took place on March 4, 1996, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim. The suicide...

festival of Purim ... Purim [Baruch's] friend explained 'is a holiday to kill the people who are trying to kill the Jews'" ... For most Jews Purim is a joyous...

Fast of Esther (Ta'anit Ester, Hebrew: תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר) is a fast on Purim eve commemorating two communal fasts undertaken by the Persian Jewish community...

exterminate the Jewish people. His story is celebrated in the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates his victory. One theory frequently discussed in scholarship...

A Purim spiel (also spelled Purimshpil, Yiddish: פּורימשפּיל, from Yiddish shpil 'game, play', see also spiel) or Purim play is an ensemble of festive...

Second Purim (Hebrew: פורים שני, romanized: Purim Sheni), also called Purim Katan (Hebrew: פורים קטן, lit. 'Minor Purim'), is a celebratory day uniquely...

Meisel (Budapest, 1878). Masekhet Purim ("Tractate of Purim"), a Purim Torah, a parody intended to be read during Purim, written at Rome. Caricaturing the...

Shavuot (listen, from Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת, romanized: Šāvūʿōṯ, lit. 'Weeks'), or Shvues (listen, in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of the...

Shimita year. Purim Meshulash - Rare calendar occurrence when Purim in Jerusalem falls on Shabbat. The next time this will happen is 2021. Purim Katan - Minor...

Sri Rangapuram is a village in Nadigudem mandal, Suryapet district of Telangana. It is located 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) from Kodad town. The village is...

drummer, composer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence...

when it is forbidden to lament or to fast, just as it is on the days of Purim. Lighting the lamps during the eight days of Hanukkah is a religious duty...

release for the label. It is the debut of a quintet featuring singer Flora Purim, flautist/saxophonist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke and percussionist...

Tisha B'Av occurs on Shabbat or Sunday. On Purim day, typically toward evening, a festive meal called Seudat Purim is held, with wine as a prominent beverage...

miracles") is an addition to the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon on Hanukkah and Purim. On both holidays, it starts off with a short paragraph, beginning with...

third for Parshat Shekalim. Purim falls on Friday, and the Purim seudah is held earlier in the day. In Jerusalem, where Purim always occurs a day later...