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The feast of Purim established

Mordecai and Esther established the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar as days of feasting, gladness, gifts to one another, and generosity to the poor. The name Purim remembered the lot Haman had cast, while Mordecai rose to greatness and sought the good of his people (Esther 9:20-10:3).

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📖 Esther 9:20

20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

Sources: BradyStephenson/bible-data
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