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Purim

Rabbi Yonatan Kaganoff





Mordechai & Esther were definitely not





days of achashverosh party





parties Esther threw





food customarily eaten





cities definitely don’t read the Megillah on Shushan Purim





Purim in Adar Sheni





mystical connection





number of non-Jews killed on Purim





inspired by purim shpiel





done on 13th of adar on a purim meshulash year





Biblical origin of one of the Four Parshiot





three books of torah on shabbat





descendants of haman





hallel on purim





torah reading on purim





mishna earliest reading of megillah