![]() They prepare themselves for their carnival by a previous fast, which should continue three days, in imitation of Esther’s but they have mostly reduced it to one day (Yenning’s ‘Jewish Antiquities’. Some drum with their feet on the floor, and the boys have mallets with which they knock and make a noise. Whenever Haman's name is pronounced, they make a terrible noise in the synagogue. The reader must pronounce all these names in one breath. The copy read must not be printed, but written on vellum in the form of a roll and the names of the ten sons of Haman are written on it in a special manner, being ranged, they say, like so many bodies on a gibbet. On both days of the feast the modern Jews read over the Megillah, or Book of Esther, in their synagogues. Jewish Year 5785: sunset March 21 - nightfall MaPurim Basics ![]() Jewish Year 5784: sunset March 6 - nightfall March 7, 2023 Jewish Year 5783: sunset March 15 - nightfall March 17, 2022 Jewish Year 5782: sunset February 25 - nightfall February 26, 2021 ![]() Jewish Year 5781: sunset March 9 - nightfall March 10, 2020 Purim will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar: To the one hundred and twenty-seven provincesĬonfirmed these matters of Purim, The Practice of Purim Purim Celebrated To confirm this second letter about Purim.ģ0 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews, Should not perish among their descendants. Should not fail to be observed among the Jews, What they had seen concerning this matter, Should celebrate yearly the fourteenth and fifteenth daysĪs the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them,Ģ3 So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun,Ģ4 because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, Who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, ![]() In the king’s provinces gathered togetherĪnd killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies ġ7 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar.Īssembled together on the thirteenth day,Īnd on the fifteenth of the month they rested,Īnd made it a day of feasting and gladness.Ĭelebrated the fourteenth day of the month of AdarĢ0 And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar To do again tomorrow according to today’s decree,ġ4 So the king commanded this to be done Let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces?ġ3 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, The Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.ĩ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha -ġ0 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews-īut they did not lay a hand on the plunder. To lay hands on those who sought their harm.īecause fear of them fell upon all people.Ĥ For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace,Īnd his fame spread throughout all the provinces ĥ Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies Throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus Esther Chapter 9, Poetically Re-arranged by Thomas Klockġ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar,ĢThe Jews gathered together in their cities ![]()
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