Purim

E10611

Jewish holiday religious festival

Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Purim canonical	30
Feast of Lots	1
Jewish festival of Purim	1
Purim and related days	1
Purim festive meal	1
Purim in unwalled cities	1
The Feast of Esther	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Purim ⓘ surface form: Feast of Lots
associatedFigure	Esther ⓘ Haman ⓘ Mordechai ⓘ
associatedRuler	King Ahasuerus ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
commandmentHebrewName	matanot la’evyonim ⓘ mishloach manot ⓘ seudat Purim ⓘ
commemorates	events of the Book of Esther ⓘ salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia ⓘ
custom	Purim spiels ⓘ charity ⓘ drinking wine ⓘ eating festive foods ⓘ making noise at Haman’s name ⓘ masquerades ⓘ wearing costumes ⓘ
dateRule	14 Adar ⓘ 14th of Adar ⓘ
fastDayBefore	Fast of Esther ⓘ
halachicStatus	rabbinic holiday ⓘ
joyLevel	very joyous ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalPractice	public reading of the Book of Esther ⓘ reading of the Megillah ⓘ recitation of Al HaNissim ⓘ special additions to prayers ⓘ
majorLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ
meaningOfName	lots ⓘ
observedBy	Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ Jews ⓘ
originLocation	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: ancient Persia
primaryText	Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther Megillat Esther ⓘ
prohibits	public mourning ⓘ
relatedHoliday	Shushan Purim ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousDuty	festive meal ⓘ giving food portions to friends ⓘ giving gifts to the poor ⓘ hearing the Megillah ⓘ
ShushanPurimDateRule	15th of Adar ⓘ
ShushanPurimObservedIn	walled cities from the time of Joshua ⓘ
symbolicFood	hamantaschen ⓘ
theme	Jewish survival ⓘ hidden miracles ⓘ reversal of fortune ⓘ
workRestrictions	no full work prohibition in most communities ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Purim ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Purim ⓘ

Purim → alsoKnownAs → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Lots

Persian Jews → observesHolidayWithLocalCustoms → Purim ⓘ

Adar → associatedWith → Purim ⓘ

Adar → containsFestival → Purim ⓘ

Esther → associatedWithFestival → Purim ⓘ

Purim spiels → associatedWith → Purim ⓘ

Purim spiels → performedDuring → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish festival of Purim

Fast of Esther → relatedTo → Purim ⓘ

Fast of Esther → followedBy → Purim ⓘ

Purim Katan → relatedTo → Purim ⓘ

Purim Katan → echoesJoyOf → Purim ⓘ

Purim Katan → occursBefore → Purim ⓘ

Megillat Esther → scripturalBasisFor → Purim ⓘ

Mordechai → commemoratedBy → Purim ⓘ

Mordechai → associatedWithFestival → Purim ⓘ

Shushan Purim → follows → Purim ⓘ

Shushan Purim → contrastWith → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purim in unwalled cities

Shushan Purim → holidayGroup → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purim and related days

Shushan Purim → relatedHoliday → Purim ⓘ

Haman → commemoratedBy → Purim ⓘ

Haman → associatedEvent → Purim ⓘ

Jan Lievens → notableWork → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Feast of Esther

Shabbat Zachor → occursBefore → Purim ⓘ

Five Megillot → associatedFestival → Purim ⓘ

Five Megillot → traditionalFestival → Purim ⓘ

subject surface form: Esther

Jewish Canadians → holiday → Purim ⓘ

Yom Tov → includesInRabbinicCategory → Purim ⓘ

Al HaNissim → liturgicalOccasion → Purim ⓘ

Al HaNissim → associatedHoliday → Purim ⓘ

Tachanun → omittedOn → Purim ⓘ

Birkat Hamazon → recitedOnOccasion → Purim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purim festive meal

Kane Street Synagogue → observesHoliday → Purim ⓘ

Tomb of Esther and Mordechai → linkedToEvent → Purim ⓘ

Flora Purim → familyName → Purim ⓘ