Megillah (, scroll) may refer to:
Bible
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Book of Esther
The Book of Esther (; ; ), also known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the wikt:מגילה, Megillah"), is a book in the third section (, "Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Megillot, Five Scrolls () in the Hebr ...
(''Megillat Esther''), read on the Jewish holiday of Purim
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Five Megillot
The Five Scrolls or the Five Megillot ( , ''Hamesh Megillot'' or ''Chomeish Megillos'') are parts of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Five Scrolls are the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Bo ...
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Megillat Antiochus
''Megillat Antiochus'' (, "Scroll of Antiochus"), also known as ''Megillat HaHashmonaim'', ''Megillat Benei Hashmonai'', ''Megillat Hanukkah'', ''Megillat Yoḥanan'', ''Megillat HaMakabim'', or ''Megillah Yevanit'', recounts the story of Hanukkah ...
Rabbinic literature
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Tractate Megillah
''Masekhet Megillah'' () is a tractate in Seder Moed of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. It deals with laws and stories relating to Purim, a Jewish holiday originating from the Book of Esther. ''Megillah'' continues to dictate how Purim is ...
in the Talmud.
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Megillat Taanit
''Megillat Taanit'' (), lit. ''"the Scroll of Fasting,"'' is an ancient text, in the form of a chronicle, which enumerates 35 eventful days on which Jews either performed glorious deeds or witnessed joyful events. Despite the scroll's name, thes ...
, a tannaitic document listing Jewish days of celebration.
Other
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Itzik Manger
Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; ) was a prominent Yiddish language, Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the writ ...
in the style of Purim spiel
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List of English words of Yiddish origin#Megillah, colloquially, a tediously detailed discourse
See also
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Magilla (disambiguation)
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