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Happy Purim Everyone!! (Original Post) mucifer 2 hrs ago OP
I am not of your faith so I looked up this occasion Deuxcents 2 hrs ago #1
That's Ruth, folllowing her mother in law, Naiomi. hedda_foil 1 hr ago #3
O .. that's right! Esther became Queen and saved her people Deuxcents 1 hr ago #4
Chag Purim Sameach! Mosby 1 hr ago #2

Deuxcents

(26,420 posts)
1. I am not of your faith so I looked up this occasion
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:35 PM
2 hrs ago

Celebrating the bravery of Ester is what I understand. I remember this story from my childhood Sunday school days.. “wherever thou goeth, I will go” is what I recall. How am I doing?!

hedda_foil

(16,976 posts)
3. That's Ruth, folllowing her mother in law, Naiomi.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:12 AM
1 hr ago

Esther is the Jewish girl who becomes the wife of the King Ahashuerus of Persia and rescues her people from genocide during the Babylonian captivity.

Deuxcents

(26,420 posts)
4. O .. that's right! Esther became Queen and saved her people
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:22 AM
1 hr ago

From a plot to kill them. Thanks for the correction.. learning something all the time

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