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For Jews around the world, February 25-26 marks the Holiday of Purim. It is a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the 5th century BCE, were marked for death by their Persian rulers. The story is recounted in the biblical Book of Esther. It tells of the near-destruction of the Jewish people as decreed by Haman, an adviser to the Persian King Ahasuerus. However, Ahasuerus’ newly crowned Queen Esther is secretly a Jew and she intercedes for the saving of her people. In synagogues throughout the world, every time the name of Haman (the villain in the story) is mentioned, the congregants stamp their feet and make noise with handheld noisemakers to drown out the name of Haman.
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