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Happy Purim Everyone!! (Original Post) mucifer Mar 3 OP
I am not of your faith so I looked up this occasion Deuxcents Mar 3 #1
That's Ruth, folllowing her mother in law, Naiomi. hedda_foil Mar 3 #3
O .. that's right! Esther became Queen and saved her people Deuxcents Mar 3 #4
Chag Purim Sameach! Mosby Mar 3 #2
Are you willing to share your sig line with murielm99 Mar 4 #5
Sure. Mosby Mar 4 #6

Deuxcents

(26,786 posts)
1. I am not of your faith so I looked up this occasion
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:35 AM
Mar 3

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

(16,984 posts)
3. That's Ruth, folllowing her mother in law, Naiomi.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:12 AM
Mar 3

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

(26,786 posts)
4. O .. that's right! Esther became Queen and saved her people
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:22 AM
Mar 3

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

murielm99

(32,971 posts)
5. Are you willing to share your sig line with
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:12 AM
Mar 4

someone not of your faith? If not just ignore me and have a happy Purim.

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