Posts Tagged ‘Esther’

Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF PURIM Podcast version   urim, or “lots,” is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation during the Achaemenid Empire, around five centuries before Christ, as recounted in the Old Testament Book of Esther. This was during the reign of the Persian King Ahasuerus. It is celebrated today as…