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Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read
Answer for the clue "Jewish holiday when the book of Esther is read ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- Holiday celebrated during the month of Adar
- Festival in the month of Adar
- Jewish holiday when you eat hamantaschen
- Celebration of deliverance
- This occurs in Adar
- Holiday changed to Thanksgiving in "For Your Consideration"
- Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival
- Adar celebration
- Adar festival
Word definitions for purim in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Jewish festival on the 14th of Adar (in commemoration of the defeat of Haman's plot), late 14c., from Hebrew purim , literally "lots" (plural of pur ), identified with haggoral "the lot" (Esther iii:7, ix:24), perhaps from Akkadian puru "stone, urn," "which ...
Usage examples of purim.
He taught them to eat out-of-doors during Succoth, and of course he taught them to drink themselves to a merry stupor on Purim.