Members of the Chabad West Shore Jewish Center celebrate the Purim holiday with a reading of the Megillah (the Book of Esther), dressing up in costumes or masks and eating a festive meal, in Hampden Township, Pa., Mar. 7, 2023.
gather in Hampden Township and listen to Rabbi Nissen Pewzner read the Megillah a firsthand account of the events of Purim.is a Jewish holiday that commemorates a 5th-century BC event that saved Jewish people, during the First Persian Empire, from annihilation at the hands of a local official.
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