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Therefore * they
called these days Purim after the
name of
Pur. And
because of the
instructions in
this letter, both
what they had
seen in
this regard and
what had
happened to them,
~ev -l;[ ~yir.Wp h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;l .Wa.r'q !eK -l;[ ? t,r,Gia'h yer.biD -l'K -l;[ !eK -l;[ r.WP;h ? ;[yiGih h'm.W h'k'K -l;[ .Wa'r -h'm.W ta{Z;h ? ~,hyel]a
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the
Jews established and
made a
custom for themselves and for their
descendants and for
all those who
allied themselves with them, so that they would not
fail to
celebrate these two days according to their
regulation and according to their
appointed time annually *.
~'[.r;z -l;[.w ~,hyel][ ~yid.Wh.Y;h leBiq.w .Wm.Yiq ? rw{b][;y a{l.w ~,hyel][ ~yiw.liN;h -l'K l;[.w ? ~'b't.kiK h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h yen.v tea ~yif{[ tw{y.hil ? h'n'v.w h'n'v -l'k.B ~'N;m.zik.w
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So
these days were to be
remembered and
celebrated throughout
every generation,
every family,
every province and
every city; and
these days of
Purim were not to
fail from
among the
Jews, or their
memory fade from their
descendants.
rw{D -l'k.B ~yif][;n.w ~yir'K.zin h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h.w ? h'nyid.m.W h'nyid.m h'x'P.vim.W h'x'P.vim rw{d'w ? .Wr.b;[;y a{l h,Lea'h ~yir.WP;h yemyiw ryi['w ryi[.w ? ~'[.r;Zim @.Ws'y -a{l ~'r.kiz.w ~yid.Wh.Y;h .$w{Tim
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Then
Queen Esther,
daughter of
Abihail, with
Mordecai the
Jew,
wrote with
full authority to
confirm this second letter about
Purim.
y;k\D.r'm.W lIy;xyib]a -t;b h'K.l;M;h reT.s,a b{T.kiT;w ? t,r,Gia tea ~eY;q.l @,q{T -l'K -t,a yid.Wh.Y;h ? tyineV;h ta{Z;h ~yir.WP;h
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He
sent letters to
all the
Jews, to the
127 * * provinces of the
kingdom of
Ahasuerus, namely,
words of
peace and
truth,
[;b,v -l,a ~yid.Wh.Y;h -l'K -l,a ~yir'p.s x;l.viY;w ? vw{rew.v;x]a t.Wk.l;m h'nyid.m h'aem.W ~yir.f,[.w ? t,m/a,w ~w{l'v yer.biD
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to
establish these days of
Purim at their
appointed times,
just as
Mordecai the
Jew and
Queen Esther had
established for them, and
just as they had
established for
themselves and for their
descendants with
instructions for their
times of
fasting and their
lamentations.
~,hyeN;m.ziB h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yem.y -tea ~eY;q.l ? reT.s,a.w yid.Wh.Y;h y;k\D.r'm ~,hyel][ ~;Yiq r,v]a;K ? ~'[.r;z -l;[.w ~'v.p;n -l;[ .Wm.Yiq r,v]a;k.w h'K.l;M;h ? ~'t'q][;z.w tw{m{C;h yer.biD
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The
command of
Esther established these customs for
Purim, and it was
written in the
book.
h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yer.biD ~;Yiq reT.s,a r;m]a;m.W ? r,peS;B b'T.kin.w