FEAST OF PURIM [LOTS]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim
Significance
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told in the Book of Esther. After the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah, the Jews were taken into the seventy-year Babylonian captivity. When ancient Persia took control, Haman, royal vizier
to King Ahasuerus, planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by
Esther and Mordechai.
2009 date Sunset, 9 March – nightfall, 10 March
In cities that were protected by a surrounding wall at the time of Joshua,
including Shushan (Susa) and Jerusalem, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month, known as Shushan Purim.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua
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