The Jewish Feast of Purim or Lots in 1712
From an original engraving The faiths of the World by James Gardner. Published circa 1860 by Fullarton & Co. Purim (Hebrew for Lots) commemorates the time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther. The term itself refers to the lottery system that the Jew hating Prime Minister Haman used to decide that the massacre would be on, which fell on the 14th day of Adar. Esther revealed to her husband King Ahasuerus that she was Jewish & Haman was executed.
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