The holiday of Purim begins this year on Thusrday evening, February 25th and ends the following evening with the onset of Shabbat. Purim celebrates the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people from the  decree of annihilation  issued by the ruler of the Persian empire (in approximately year 360 B.C.E.)

Click here for a synopsis of the Megillah and a history of the Purim miracle

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