pur

noun

«pur» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Haman cast pur to choose the day on which to destroy the Jews. The holiday Purim takes its name from it.

Interpretation. Purim celebrates how the lot of destruction was turned to rescue. The tradition sees chance as guided in the end by God, who is hidden in the book of Esther.

Meaning

A Persian word meaning a lot, which is a token or stone drawn to decide something by chance. tree →

Examples

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur. (Writings EST.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast pur, that is, the lot, to discomfit them, and to destroy them; (Writings EST.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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