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Secrets of Judaism Revealed on Purim

Secrets of Judaism Revealed on PurimBy Michael HoffmanA Voice Crying in the WildernessPurim revelers in 1593This Wednesday, February 28 at sunset, begins Purim (pronounced poor-im), the Talmudic festival of revenge on the goyim that is a twisted version of the Biblical book of Esther.The rabbinic Purim is predicated on a reading of the “Scroll of Esther,” i.e.