Mordechai and Esther established a holiday to commemorate these amazing events
7 Adar (II in leap years) – 7th of Adar – some fast on this day in memory of the death of Moses; 13 Adar (II in leap years) – Fast of Esther – on 11 Adar when the 13th falls on
The Megillah (8:17) calls Purim a festival, a term which applies even though the Jewish people did not accept the prohibition of work on that day
Purim commemorates the survival of a Jewish community marked for death in (Photo: Kathi Briefer-Gose/Flickr) Purim occurs on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (during leap years, which happen every two to three years in the Hebrew calendar, an extra month, Adar II, is added and it is celebrated on the 14th of Adar II)
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In the walled city of Shushan, where Mordecai and Esther lived Although Purim is celebrated in Adar II, the days 14 and 15 Adar I are known as Purim Katan (“ Small Purim ”) and Shushan Purim Katan (“Small Shushan Purim ”) respectively
The abundance of joy in Adar is primarily due to the presence within the month of Purim
Because a number of the Purim mitzvot cannot be performed on Shabbat, the observances are spread over a period of three days
Unlike the fast of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is observed from sunset to sunset, the fast of Esther begins with daybreak and lasts till sunset, during which time food and drink of any Purim is the most raucous holiday on the Jewish calendar (see mandatory alcohol drinking below) and occurs on the 14 day of the month of Adar
Because this is a moon calendar, Jewish holidays such as Purim always fall on different dates of the Gregorian calendar
Thus, every "pregnant" year we have an Adar I and an Adar II
), and Jerusalem is the only place where Jewish authorities are confident that Shushan Purim
In the standard Hebrew calendar, Purim occurs on the 14th of Adar, the sixth month of the Hebrew year
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