Purim

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 15 09:55:34 CST 2000


Pu·rim  n. Judaism. The 14th of Adar, observed in
celebration of the deliverance of the Jews from massacre by
Haman. [Hebrew pûrîm, pl. of pûr, lot (from the lots Haman
cast to decide the day of the massacre, Esther 9:24-26) from
Akkadian p¿ru, lot.]



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