Word: adaring
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Semite. Haman had a gallows built 50 cubits high on which to hang Mordecai. He also got Ahasuerus to agree to exterminate "a certain people," casting lots (Purim) to decide when it should be done. But Esther heard of the plot and on the 14th day of the Month Adar, 473 B.C. persuaded Ahasuerus to save the Jews. "So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai." (Esther...
Jews have celebrated the Feast of Purim ever since as a day of deliverance. Last week brought the 14th day of Adar (March 1) in the Jewish year 5694. Many a Jew all over the world made merry. Even in Germany they were allowed to attend special Purim plays, advertise the feast in street cars. In Manhattan Mayor LaGuardia was given a basket of Purim figs, dates and wines sent by German refugees in Palestine. A message from President Roosevelt to the Jews was read by Congressman Sol Bloom on a nationwide broadcast...
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