Adar
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Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 days.
Hasidic Jews celebrating Purim, the holiday of the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Achaemenid Empire 474 BCE
Purim
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Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther.
Purim by Arthur Szyk
The Triumph of Mordechai, 1624 painting by Pieter Pietersz Lastman (Rembrandt House Museum)
Esther Scroll
People dressed up for Purim. Gan Shmuel Kibbutz, 1952