Shushan Purim

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Shushan Purim is the day following Purim, observed as the main festival date in Jerusalem and other ancient walled cities, commemorating the later victory of the Jews in the Persian capital Shushan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday
Purim observance
associatedCity Susa
associatedEmpire Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire
associatedFigure Esther
Mordechai
basedOn Megillat Esther
surface form: Book of Esther
calendar Hebrew calendar
category Jewish festivals and holidays
Rabbinic holidays
commemorates deliverance of the Jews from Haman’s decree
events in the Persian capital Shushan
victory of the Jews in Shushan
contrastWith Purim
surface form: Purim in unwalled cities
custom festive meal (seudat Purim) on 15 Adar in walled cities
gifts to the poor (matanot la’evyonim) on 15 Adar in walled cities
mishloach manot on 15 Adar in walled cities
follows Purim
halachicStatus main festival date in walled cities
historicalReason Shushan Purim self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jews of Shushan fought on 13th and 14th and rested on 15th
holidayGroup Purim
surface form: Purim and related days
languageOfName Hebrew
legalSource Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 688–690

Talmud
surface form: Talmud Megillah
liturgicalPractice Al HaNissim insertion in Birkat HaMazon
Al HaNissim insertion in prayers
reading of Megillat Esther in walled cities on 15 Adar
liturgicalRestriction Tachanun omitted
eulogies generally avoided
meaningOfName Shushan Purim self-linksurface differs
surface form: Purim of Shushan
namedAfter Susa
surface form: Persian capital Shushan

Shushan
observanceInLeapYear 15 Adar II in leap years
observanceType rabbinic decree
observedIn Jerusalem
ancient walled cities
cities walled from the days of Joshua
occursOn 15th of Adar
occursRelativeToPurim day after the 14th of Adar
relatedHoliday Purim
Purim Katan
Fast of Esther
surface form: Ta’anit Esther
relationToRegularPurim observed on 14 Adar in unwalled cities
observed on 15 Adar in walled cities
religion Judaism
sourceText Esther 9:15–19
Esther 9:18–19
timeOfYear around February or March in Gregorian calendar
late winter

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Shushan Purim historicalReason Shushan Purim self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jews of Shushan fought on 13th and 14th and rested on 15th
Shushan Purim meaningOfName Shushan Purim self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Purim of Shushan
Purim relatedHoliday Shushan Purim
Mordechai saved Shushan Purim
this entity surface form: Jews of Shushan