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Festival when hamantaschen are eaten
Answer for the clue "Festival when hamantaschen are eaten ", 5 letters:
purim
Alternative clues for the word purim
- It's 30 days before Passover
- Festival in the month of Adar
- Festival during which the book of Esther is read
- Disapproving about climax of Hindu religious festival
- Jewish holiday featuring readings from the Book of Esther
- (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
- Jewish festival also called "Feast of Lots"
- Jewish holiday in Adar
- Festival featuring hamantaschen
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.