{"id":4028,"date":"2016-03-18T16:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:52:48","slug":"celebrate-purim-with-music-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/celebrate-purim-with-music-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Purim with music from the Recorded Sound Archives!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Album cover for Purim in Story and Song\" class=\"wp-image-5767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/image-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/purim-collection\"><strong><span style=\"color: blue;\">PURIM<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, which, in English, means [drawing] LOTS, is about the book of Esther which is also known in Hebrew as Megillah (the Scroll). &nbsp;It is a book in the third section of Ketuvim (Writings) of the Jewish Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). &nbsp;It relates to the story of a Hebrew girl in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther (niece of Mordechai), who becomes Queen of Persia and thwarts the genocide of her people by the wicked Haman, a high official in the court of King Achashverosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haman sought to annihilate all the Jews, Mordechai&#8217;s people, throughout King Achashverosh\u2019s&#8217; entire kingdom.&nbsp; For Haman plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and he cast a \u201cpur\u201d, which is a LOT, to shatter and destroy them. For this reason, they call these days &#8220;Purim,&#8221; after the pur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening and again the following morning. A Purim party often takes place during this time where children dress up in costumes usually relevant to the story of Purim. 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