Purim is a festival in Judaism that commemorates the survival of the Jews who were threatened with annihilation in Persia in the 5th century bce, as narrated in the Book of Esther. The holiday occurs on the 14th of the Jewish month of Adar, which falls in February or March on the Gregorian calendar.
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