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Schellekens suggests that the festival of Purim may have been modeled after the Iranian festival of Magophonia, which the Iranians celebrated annually to commemorate the overthrow of Gaumata (who usurped the royal throne) and the restoration of the kingship to Darius the Great. Since Purim pranks are commony delivered in a dead serious tone, they may be misundestood for a real thing. In a world where chronic pain can feel like a relentless enemy, many people are turning away from conventional p...

Through the 1990s, Purim worked on a number of broader projects. A Purim spiel (also spelled Purimshpil, Yiddish: פּורימשפּיל, from Yiddish shpil 'game, play', see also spiel) or Purim play is an ensemble of festive practices for Purim. According to Mathia Delcor, the Book of Esther contains numerous errors in its depiction of Achaemenid history, which casts doubt on the credibility of the Purim story, although it cannot be said that the book emerged from a vacuum. It is a cause of acid reflux ...