Purim
See also: purim
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Etymology edit
From Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím, literally “lots”).
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Purim
- (Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
- 2022 March 17, Yair Rosenberg, “The Anti-Semite on Your TV”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews.
- A surname.
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Jewish festival
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew פּוּרִים (purím).
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Proper noun edit
Purim m inan (indeclinable, related adjective purimowy)
- (Judaism) Purim (Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite)
- Synonym: Święto Losów