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"
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

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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".

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The first reason is that it was through a lady, Queen , that the miraculous deliverance of the Jews was accomplished
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Outside of Jerusalem, Hasidic Jews don their holiday clothing on Shushan Purim, and may attend a , and even give mishloach manot; however, this is just a custom and not a religious obligation
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He also provides additional information on the dating of events relative to Ezra and Nehemiah
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
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

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אוזני המן היו במקור עוגיות עם מילוי , אך במשך השנים השתכלל המנהג.

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אף על פי שלכאורה אין מניעה לקיים סעודה זו בשבת, נאמר ב שאין לקיימה בשבת, כדי לא לערב בין שמחת הפורים, הנקבעת בידי אדם, לשמחת השבת, הקבועה ועומדת מששת ימי בראשית
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Other historic Purim celebrations in Jewish history have occurred in Yemen, Italy, Vilna and other locations
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Shaul Shaked says the date of composition of the book is unknown, but most likely not much after the fall of the Achaemenid kingdom, during the , perhaps in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE