And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before H
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feas
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men ther
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the mo
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy an