Originally Posted by
Deiasilva10
My dear friends, I was enjoying the posts and I ended up wondering what the "purim" holiday means and why do we see posts of people dressed as SMWW? Yes, I confess my ignorance about the Jewish religious calendar, mea culpa, but I thank SMWW for making me research this particular holiday... once again SMWW had social and global relevance for me as it expanded my range of knowledge. Well, by wikipedia (again mea culpa for doing a shallow search, I promise to delve into the future), this holiday has to be with salvation (see text below)... I am very happy to see SMWW associated with salvation, security and heroism.
"Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; Hebrew: About this soundפּוּרִים (help·info) Pűrîm "lots", from the word פור pur (גורל / fate),[2] related to Akkadian: pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (מגילת אסתר Megillat Ester in Hebrew). It is also known as the Festival of Lots.
According to the Book of Esther, Haman was the royal vizier to King Ahasuerus (presumed to be Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I of Persia, "Khshayarsha" and "Artakhsher" in Old Persian respectively) and he planned to kill all the Jews in the empire. His plans were foiled by Mordecai and Esther his cousin and adopted daughter, who had risen to become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing."
source: wikipedia