Purim | |
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![]() 18th-century manuscript of the prayer of Al HaNissim on the miracles of Purim | |
Type | Jewish |
Significance | Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told in the Book of Esther (megillah) |
Celebrations |
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Date | 14th day of Adar (in Jerusalem and all ancient walled cities, 15th of Adar) |
2021 date | Sunset, 25 February – nightfall, 26 February |
2022 date | Sunset, 16 March – nightfall, 17 March |
2023 date | Sunset, 6 March – nightfall, 7 March |
2024 date | Sunset, 23 March – nightfall, 24 March |
Frequency | Annual |
Started by | Esther |
Related to | Hanukkah, as a rabbinically decreed Jewish holiday |