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Show FESTIVAL OF PURIM TAKES PLACE TODAY Orthodox Jews AH Over the "Worl I Will Observe tie Sacred I Anniversary. i ' Today, the fourteenth dav of th Jw-l?h Jw-l?h month ArJar, is the J e w i ? ; i festival ; of prim, or the feast of lots. Trie festt-l festt-l val, although not popular amone 'he modern mod-ern reform Jews, is stid rlchrated by orthodox Jewg throughout Die world. The festival of Purim ts ce!"brati by orthodox Jews in commemoration of the d- li erance of their ancestors from the hands of Harrn, as related In the Bo-k of t'other. The festival does not forbid .lev. s to work on ttie day, but Is celebrated cele-brated by reading of the book of E3ther be're the conyris tlor.s. Before ynnset today every orthodox .Tew will eat his Purlm m'eal. Another custom is to Fend prf-ents to friends as a sign o: exultation and donate fr the poor and nedy as a tokrn of thunkfuineHs to God. The festival is also significant !n that It falis just four weekj) b'f"re the i?rrat Jewish holiday of pypsovpr, and rrom that day on tiio fortunate Jews co'!et donations dona-tions to provide Passover nccessltita for the poor find unfortunate. J. Shapiro. KO Fst Second South street, hs taken upon himf-lf the ta?k of rtlllnf: fas.'or artlrl..-s fur t he hn fit of the Hebrew school of the Con?res'.itiun Monfo-flore. |