Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation ... Nowadays, the holiday is celebrated by giving gifts, helping the poor and having a feast. Jewish children dress up in costumes, often ...

The story of Purim is found in the Book of Esther, part of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old ... of the story of the Purim miracle, a feast, charitable giving, and dressing up in costumes.

the jokes stopped and a monitor that had displayed Purim-themed memes went dark. That’s because Chapter Nine of the story, recounted in a book of the Bible called Megillat Esther, contains a ...