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Purim Costume
One tradition attached to the Jewish holiday of Purim is the wearing of costumes. The tradition may have originated among Italian Jews at the end of the 15th century. There are several reasons given as to how the tradition is connected to the holiday. History There are no sources in the Talmud, Mishnah or Gaonic writings that mention the custom. Jewish philosopher Kalonymus ben Kalonymus (1286–1328), a author of an early Purim Torah, ''Masekhet Purim'', mentioned cross-dressing: "The young men of Israel will boast and exult in honor and glory, because they will go crazy, and because they will exult, this one will wear a woman’s dress and have huge breasts, and this one will be like one of the empty ones, with a drum and a dance of joy and threesomes, some with men and women". Another early mention is by 15th-century Rabbi Judah Minz, who wrote that there is no prohibition involved in dressing up on Purim, even in dressing like a woman, since the reason is to imbue happine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Purim (; , ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jews, Jewish people from Genocide, annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the late-5th or 4th centuries BCE). Haman was the royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I; and in Old Persian, respectively). His plans were foiled by Mordecai of the tribe of Benjamin, who previously to that warned the king from an assassination attempt and thus saving his life, and Esther, Mordecai's cousin and adopted daughter who had become queen of Persia after her marriage to Ahasuerus. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing among Jews. According to the Scroll of Esther, "they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor". Purim is celebrated among Jews by: *Exchanging gifts of food and drink, known as * Donating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
