Holiday Celebrated By Reading The Megillah Crossword Clue

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Updated: February 1, 2024

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	noun • (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
	50%	6		Megillah reading is a central part of this celebration
	noun • (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
	37%	6		Megillah book
	noun • (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) • an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre

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