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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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  • Purim Torah is humorous and satirical comments in the learned style of talmudic or halakhic comments customarily read, recited from memory or authored...
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    Purim Rattanaruangwattana (Thai: ปุริม รัตนเรืองวัฒนา, born 21 May 1997), nicknamed Pluem, is a Thai actor and singer. He started acting in the 2013 movie...
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  • the Reform movement permit celebrating the holiday. The Jewish holiday of Purim has often been compared to Halloween, due to the wearing of costumes during...
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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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    (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...
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    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...
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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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    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...
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  • Hanukkah Saturday, January 22: Tu Bishvat Tuesday, March 21: Purim Wednesday, March 22: Shushan Purim Thursday, April 20: Pesach* Tuesday, May 2: Yom HaShoah...
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    Second Purim (Hebrew: פורים שני, romanized: Purim Sheni), also called Purim Katan (Hebrew: פורים קטן, lit. 'Minor Purim'), is a celebratory day uniquely...
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    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...
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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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  • 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...
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    A Purim spiel (also spelled Purimshpil, Yiddish: פּורימשפּיל, from Yiddish shpil 'game, play', see also spiel) or Purim play is an ensemble of festive...
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    Shavuot (listen, from Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת, romanized: Šāvūʿōṯ, lit. 'Weeks'), or Shvues (listen, in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of the...
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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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    Adloyada (redirect from Purim carnival)
    procession held in Israel on the Jewish holiday of Purim (or on Shushan Purim the second day of Purim, commanded to be celebrated in "walled cities", nowadays...
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    Hamantash (category Purim foods)
    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...
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  • release for the label. It is the debut of a quintet featuring singer Flora Purim, flautist/saxophonist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke and percussionist...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    Kreplach (category Purim foods)
    fillings are also eaten on Purim because the hidden nature of the kreplach interior mimics the "hidden" nature of the Purim miracle. In many communities...
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    Mishloach manot (redirect from Purim basket)
    [ʃaləχmɔnəs]), and also called a Purim basket, are gifts of food or drink that are sent to family, friends and others on Purim day. The mitzvah of giving mishloach...
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  • saxophonist/flautist Joe Farrell, bassist Stanley Clarke, vocalist Flora Purim and her husband, drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira, who all performed...
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  • If You Will is an album by Brazilian jazz vocalist Flora Purim. Her first studio release in over 15 years, it was recorded in Brazil and California, and...
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  • 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...
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