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Why do we celebrate happily when the month of Adar comes? - opinion

If we examine the actual events of the Purim story, it seems we ought to downplay the merriment and lower the laughter at Adar’s beginning.

 Mordechai, seated on a white horse, 3rd century.
Mordechai, seated on a white horse, 3rd century.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
BySTEWART WEISS
FEBRUARY 25, 2023 13:03
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