Purim
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Purim is an annual festival of the Jews in commemoration of the preservation, as recorded in the Book of Esther, of their people from the threatened wholesale massacre of it in Persia at the instance of Haman, and which was so called because it was by casting "lots" that the day was fixed for the execution of the purpose. It lasts two days, being observed on the 14th and 15th of the month Adar.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Purim originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood
