The other was called The Purim of Ibrahim Pasha, in which the community was saved during a battle | In a speech made on 10 November 1938 the day after , the Nazi politician and prominent anti-Semite surmised that just as "the Jew butchered 75,000 Persians" in one night, the same fate would have befallen the German people had the Jews succeeded in inciting a war against Germany; the "Jews would have instituted a new Purim festival in Germany" |
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בעקבות זאת זמם המן "להשמיד, להרוג ולאבד את כל היהודים" שחיו בכל ממלכת פרס ולקחת את רכושם | Another reason for masquerading is that it alludes to the hidden aspect of the miracle of Purim, which was "disguised" by natural events but was really the work of the Almighty |
גם עצם הפיכתו של מאורע ההצלה לחג היסטורי נזקף, על פי רבי שמואל בר יהודה ב, ליוזמתה של אסתר, שביקשה מחכמי ישראל באותה תקופה: "קבעוני לדורות".
They decree that Jewish people may preemptively kill those thought to pose a lethal risk | Today, there is debate as to whether outlying neighborhoods of Jerusalem are obliged to observe Purim on the 14th or 15th of Adar |
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Nazi attacks against Jews were often coordinated with Jewish festivals | In 1942, on Purim, the Nazis murdered over 5000 Jews, mostly children, in the Minsk Ghetto |
אוזני המן היו במקור עוגיות עם מילוי , אך במשך השנים השתכלל המנהג.