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A Purim tradition is to send out baskets of food and drink ("shalach manot"/"mishloach manot") to
family and to the poor. They look kind of like Easter baskets because they are to be filled with food that
is ready to eat — pastries, wine, candy, chips, and other snack foods certainly count.
On Purim, there are often carnivals, with revelers dressing up, dancing and having parades. Kids have
tons of fun at these events, doing crafts, making Purim baskets, playing games and making noise-
makers. Carnival attendees enjoy showing off their costumes; anything from Biblical characters like
Moses or Esther and Haman to more traditionally secular costumes like you'd see at Halloween (and
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The Book of Esther
8.4 Let’s Practice…
1. What are the themes and main messages of the following books?
– Ezra /Nehemiah
– Esther?
2. Which prophets ministered during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah?
3. Write out the three returns from the Babylon including the dates and names of the leaders who lead
the deportations?
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