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Purim (Heb. Pûrîm, “lots”). Feast that celebrated the deliverance of the Jews from destruction through the intervention of Queen Esther. Ahasuerus (Xerxes), the Persian king at the time, had been induced by Haman to issue a decree that on a certain day all the Jews of the Persian Empire were to be killed and their property expropriated. The day was chosen by casting “Pur,* that is, the lot” (Est 3:7). When, through the intervention of Queen Esther (5:1-3; 8:1-7), the king decided to save the Jews, since a decree could not be revoked since the laws of Media and Persia were immutable (Est 1:19; 8:8), decreed that on the specified day, the 13th of Adar (3:13), the Jews could defend themselves (8:11-13). In the city of Susa they were allowed to take revenge on their enemies also on the 14th (9:13-15). This great liberation and victory was celebrated the following day, and since then it is celebrated every year with a festival of gratitude on the 14th and 15th of Adar (vs 17-28). The holiday was called Purim, “lucky”, because the date of the slaughter had been selected by chance. For this reason, in Est 8:17 and 9:22 the “feast days” (Heb. yôm tôb, literally “good day”) are mentioned. They refer to the period of rejoicing that the Jews celebrated after being saved from Haman’s Agagite plot; celebration that would later be remembered as the Purim festival (9:26).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
pure Babylonian, luck. One of the happiest Jewish celebrations. The festival of Purim, or of the Lots, annually commemorates the liberation of the Jews from their extermination in Persia, thanks to the actions of Esther and Mordecai, in the time of the Persian king Ahasuerus, perhaps Xerxes I himself, as recounted in the book of Esther. The festival takes place on the 14th and 15th of the month of Adar, in spring, when a banquet is held, alms are given and food is shared with neighbors and friends; in the modern celebration the entire book of Esther is read. Haman, the first in Persia, after King Ahasuerus, devised a plan to destroy the Jewish people, for which he cast lots, pur, in the twelfth year of the king, in the month of Nisan, looking for the right day to carry out the slaughter. Luck pointed to the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and Haman convinced the king of the need to exterminate the Jews, since they were a people scattered throughout the kingdom, who had their own laws and did not comply with those of the kingdom. Esther and his uncle Mordecai succeeded in upsetting Haman’s plan, which he himself had prepared for Mordecai, who was executed by hanging, and the Jewish people were saved from slaughter.
Mordecai and Esther wrote letters to all the provinces of Persia to the Jews to celebrate this liberation on the date already mentioned. Purple, a dye that the Phoenicians obtained from a marine gastropod mollusk, formerly considered a precious and very expensive commodity, for which it was used to color the garments of kings and wealthy characters as well as the curtains of the palaces, Jc 8, 26; Est 1, 6; 8, 15; Lk 16, 19. The p. it became a symbol of royalty or of some dignity granted by the sovereign, 1 M 8, 14; 10, 20; 11, 58; 14, 43; 2 M 4, 38. Jesus was dressed in purple by the Romans and they mocked him saying: “Hail, King of the Jews!”, Mt 27, 28; Mark 15, 17; Jn 19, 2-3.
the p. it was used to adorn the Sanctuary and the ornaments of the priests Ex 25, 4; 26, 4/1/31; 27, 16; 28, 5/6/8/15/31/33/37; and the Temple, Solomon imported it from Tire for this purpose and likewise asked King Hiram to send him an expert craftsman in the work of p., 2 Cro 2, 6; 3, 14.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Heb., purim, lottery). Jewish holiday celebrated on the 14th and 15th of the month of Adar (Feb.-Mar.), commemorating the deliverance of the Hebrews from the criminal plans of the evil Haman in the post-exilic period (Est 3:7; Est 9:26 ). This holiday is named after the casting of lots to determine the propitious time for this mass murder of the Jews.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Luck). Jewish festival established on the occasion of the salvation they experienced, according to the book of Esther, in the time of King Xerxes, when †œ †¢Haman, son of Hamedata the Agagite, enemy of all the Jews† wanted to destroy them. Haman † œhad cast P., which means lot †, to determine the day he would exterminate the Jews, but God delivered the people through Mordecai and Esther. she risked her life to intercede with the king and obtained permission for the Jews to defend her life. The festival is celebrated “on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar” with much “rejoicing, and to send portions each to his neighbor” (Es 9:19-30).
This festival was decreed by the Jews of Persia and was not immediately accepted by the Jews of Israel, who never did anything special for it in the †temple. But over time all Jewish communities also accepted it. Even today it is a very popular holiday among the Jews, who are used to reading the book of Esther on the occasion. When Haman’s name is mentioned, everyone, but especially the children, makes a loud noise that is interpreted as a rejection of the memory of him. It is also customary to send at least two servings of food, mostly jams, to a friend and to give two cash gifts to poor people.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, (Heb., plural of “luck”). Haman cast lots to determine a day auspicious for the destruction of the Jews. With Haman’s designs undone, the liberation of the Jews was marked by an annual festival (Esther 3:7; 9:24-32) on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar. This party is not mentioned by name in the NT, although there are exegetes who suppose that it is the one alluded to in Jn. 5:1. This holiday is still celebrated within Judaism: the book of Esther is read, and curses are pronounced on Haman and his wife, blessings are pronounced on Mordecai and the eunuch Harbona (Esther 1:10; 7:9).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Jewish holiday, which commemorated a liberation of the people from persecution, as reflected in the biblical book of Esther, which is usually placed in the reign of Xerxes (485-465), called Ahasuerus in the text Apart from historical connotations , generally rejected by the experts, it became clear that God saved the people through “luck”. This celebration of the Jews of Persia and Babylon spread to Palestine and was preserved as a gesture of thanks to God the protector.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
Feast celebrated on the 14th and 15th of Adar, the last month of the Jewish year, which corresponded to the end of February and the beginning of March; It is also called the party of luck. (Es 9:21) The name comes from Haman’s act of casting pur (lots) to determine the auspicious day for carrying out the plot to exterminate the Jews. As he was an Agagite, perhaps an Amalekite of royal lineage, and a worshiper of pagan deities, he resorted to divination with this “casting pot.” (Est 3:7, FS, note; see DIVINATION; PUR; LUCK.) Nisan 13 of the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), apparently spring 484 B.C. CE, the royal decree ordering the genocide of the Jews, a decree that had been passed at the behest of Haman, was ready for him to send to all the Persian provinces.
Liberation commemoration. The holiday commemorates the liberation of the Jews from Haman’s conspiracy to destroy them. So Purim is probably an ironic name given by the Jews. (Es 9:24-26) In the apocryphal book of Maccabees, it is also called “Mordecai’s day,” since Mordecai played an important role in the events associated with the festival. (2 Maccabees 15:37, NC.) Thanks to the efforts of Queen Esther, at the risk of her life and directed by her older cousin Mordecai, the Jews were delivered. Esther fasted for three days before requesting an audience with the king to invite him to a banquet and then to a second banquet where she could present her request. (Es 4:6–5:8) This was favorably heard, but since the original decree could not be changed because of the immutable nature of the laws of the Medes and Persians (Da 6:8), on the 23rd of Sivan issued another decree. This document gave the Jews the right to defend themselves, so that they could prepare. Mordecai drafted the document, and it was translated into the various languages of the districts of the Persian Empire. The Jews fought, with the help of the princes, the satraps and the governors, so that the tables were turned on the anti-Jewish enemies. On the 13th of Adar there was a great massacre, not of the Jews, but of their enemies, which continued in the royal city of Susa until the 14th inclusive. On the 14th of Adar the Jews of the jurisdictional districts rested—those of Susa did so on the 15th—and celebrated the joyous occasion with banquets. (Esther 8:3–9:19.)
To commemorate this deliverance, Mordecai imposed on the Jews the annual observance of the 14th and 15th of Adar, “days of feasting and rejoicing, and sending portions to one another and gifts to the poor.” (Es 9:20-22) Later, another letter was written with the confirmation of Queen Esther, ordering the annual celebration of this festival at its appointed time, throughout all generations and in every family, jurisdictional district and city. (Es 9:28-31; see ESTHER, BOOK OF.)
Jews still celebrate this holiday today with all its details, many of them added over time, such as the tradition of setting aside the 13th day of Adar as a fast day, called the Fast of Esther. During the festival, trade or work is not prohibited.
The feast of John 5:1. The Christian Greek Scriptures do not contain any explicit reference to the festival of Purim. However, some understand it to be alluded to at John 5:1: “After these things there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.” However, it is unfounded to apply this verse to the Purim holiday. Some manuscripts include the definite article, so that they read: “the festival of the Jews”. (See NW, note.) This suggests that it was one of the three annual festivals mentioned in Deuteronomy 16:16, especially when you consider that Jesus went up to Jerusalem, something that was not necessary to celebrate Purim party. Purim had more to do with the local synagogue and the region than with the temple, and it had to be celebrated…