The last holiday of the Jewish calendar is celebrated as the day the Jewish people received the Torah, as marking the wheat harvest, and as the birth of the Christian church
The last holiday of the Jewish calendar is celebrated as the day the Jewish people received the Torah, as marking the wheat harvest, and as the birth of the Christian church
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Israel s divisions caused by coronavirus magnified at Purim
The Jewish holiday does not only commemorates how Jews were rescued from an evil plan to kill them centuries ago, a rabbi says, but also can serve as the basis to solve the discord and infighting the pandemic has brought upon
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Published: 02.26.21 , 18:57
Purim, which started the night of February 25 and extends this year through Sunday in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities, celebrates the protection of the Jewish people from the evil Haman, who plotted to kill the entire community.
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Purim also marks the one-year anniversary on the Jewish calendar of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the coronavirus, instead of a young Persian upstart, is the mortal threat. And, now, Israelis possibly are a threat to each other.