**PURIM** / A happy celebration where the Jews were delivered by a plot of annihilation in Ancient Persia in the 6th century B.C. Begins this year:  Ta&#39;anit Esther - March 4, 2015 till
Shushan Purim - March 6, 2015
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.  The book of Esther tells the story of Purim.  / by Janet Marie