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'''Purim''' [Hebrew:'''פורים'''] is an annual festival of the Jews in commemoration of the preservation, as recorded in the [[Book of Esther]], of their people from threatened wholesale massacre in [[Persia]] at the insistance of [[Haman]], and which was so called because it was by casting "lots" that the day was fixed for the execution of the purpose.<ref>{{Nuttall|Purim}}</ref> It is celebrated in most of the world on the 14th of [[Adar]], in walled cities from the time of [[Joshua]], it is celebrated on the 15th. It is the most joyous of Jewish festivals.
'''Purim''' [Hebrew:'''פורים'''] is an annual festival of the Jews in commemoration of the preservation, as recorded in the [[Book of Esther]], of their people from threatened wholesale massacre in [[Persia]] at the insistence of [[Haman]], and which was so called because it was by casting "lots" that the day was fixed for the execution of the purpose.<ref>{{Nuttall|Purim}}</ref> It is celebrated in most of the world on the 14th of [[Adar]], in walled cities from the time of [[Joshua]], it is celebrated on the 15th. It is the most joyous of Jewish festivals.
==Laws and customs==
==Laws and customs==