Word: hamanity
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...festival, which ends tonight with a costume party sponsored by Hillel, celebrates the deliverance of the Jews from a massacre at the hands of Haman, a prime minister of ancient Persia...
During special Purim services, worshipers listen as the Rabbi reads the biblical story from the scroll of Megilah, and then make noise in an effort to drown out Haman's name when it is read...
...crowd "started making noise before they said his name," and the Rabbi had to raise his hand for silence until Haman's name was mentioned, Becker said...
...scroll of Megilah tells of the Persian king's decision to allow Haman to kill the Jews, and how the king's wife Esther, who was Jewish, persuaded him to reconsider. Eventually Haman himself was killed...
...Because Haman by tradition wore a three-cornered hat, part of the celebration includes eating triangular, stuffed pastries called hamantaschen...