The Feast of Purim comes in early spring, a month before Passover. The previous day is kept as a fast in memory of the Shushan Jews" fast (Esther 4:16).

Purim, after the name of Pur i.e. they gave the Persian word a Hebrew plural.

letter The original ("iggereth) is a late Heb. word, probably of Assyrian origin, cognate to the Greek angareuein(ἀγγαρεύειν). See note on Esther 3:13.

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