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Happy Purim Everyone!! (Original Post) mucifer 12 hrs ago OP
I am not of your faith so I looked up this occasion Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #1
That's Ruth, folllowing her mother in law, Naiomi. hedda_foil 11 hrs ago #3
O .. that's right! Esther became Queen and saved her people Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #4
Chag Purim Sameach! Mosby 12 hrs 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
12 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
11 hrs 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
11 hrs ago

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

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