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Fast of Esther

Jews fast before Purim in memory of the fast of Esther and her people. Iranian Jews also honour the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan.

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Fast of Esther · hebrew · 13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March)

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Fast of Esther

Jews fast before Purim in memory of the fast of Esther and her people. Iranian Jews also honour the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan.

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Fast of Esther

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13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March)
13 Adar, Hebrew calendar (February to March)
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The year

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JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECPS752 remembrance · 8 JanuaryWoman, Life, Freedom anniversary · 16 SeptemberNewroz (Kurdish new year) · 21 MarchRumi’s birthday · 30 SeptemberConstitutional Revolution, decree of 5 August 1906 · 5 AugustCyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder · 29 OctoberBam earthquake remembrance · 26 DecemberHalabja remembrance · 16 MarchKurdish Journalism Day · 22 AprilKurdish Language Day · 15 MaySeb-i Arus (Rumi's wedding night) · 17 DecemberArmenian Christmas and Theophany · 6 JanuaryKha b-Nisan (Assyrian new year) · 1 AprilChristmas (Assyrian and Chaldean churches) · 25 DecemberForough Farrokhzad remembrance · 13 FebruarySadegh Hedayat remembrance · 9 AprilSardasht chemical attack remembrance · 28 JuneIran Air Flight 655 remembrance · 3 JulyManjil-Rudbar earthquake remembrance · 21 JuneKermanshah earthquake remembrance · 12 NovemberBaloch Culture Day · 2 March

Fast of Esther moves with its calendar (hebrew), so it has no fixed place on this strip.

Fixed-date days on the strip; movable days are listed by their own calendar.

Other days in the hebrew calendar

6
1 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)
Rosh Hashanahreligious
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10 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)
Yom Kippurreligious
Open
15 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (September to October)
Sukkotreligious
Open
23 Tishri, Hebrew calendar (October)
Simchat Torahreligious
Open
25 Kislev, Hebrew calendar (December)
Hanukkahreligious
Open
15 Shevat, Hebrew calendar (January to February)
Tu BiShvatreligious
Open

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