Purim

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a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient
Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the
Biblical Book of Esther. According to the Book of Esther, in the Hebrew Bible, Haman,
royal vizier to King Ahasurus, planned to kill all the Jews in the empire, but his plans
were foiled by Mordecai and his adopted daughter Queen Esther. The day of deliverance
became a day of feasting and rejoicing.
(Esther 9:20-22.) Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews
throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, Esther's decree confirmed these
regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.
Rebuilding of the temple
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A Jewish Holy Temple architecturally described and prophesied in the Book of Ezekiel, a
house of prayer for all people with a sacrificial service. It is noted by Ezekiel as an
eternal edifice and permanent dwelling place of the God of Israel on the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem.
(Ezra 5:11)This is the answer they gave us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven
and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a
great king of Israel built and finished.
Rehoboam
Date: 932 B.C
Initially king of the United Monarchy of Israel but after the ten northern tribes of Israel
rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Kingdom of Israel he was king of the
Kingdom of Judah, or southern kingdom. He was a son of Solomon and a grandson of
David. His mother was Naamah the Ammonite.[2]
(2 Chronicles 11:1)When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered Judah and
Benjamin--a hundred and eighty thousand able young men--to go to war against Israel
and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam.

Roman Conquest of Jerusalem :

Date: 63 BCE
The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE was the decisive event of the First JewishRoman War. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius
Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem,
which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66 CE.The siege ended with the
sacking of the city and the destruction of its famous Second Temple. The destruction of
both the first and second temples is still mourned annually as the Jewish fast Tisha Bav.
The Arch of Titus, celebrating the Roman sack of Jerusalem and the Temple, still stands
in Rome.

Roman rule in Palestine

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During 7363 BCE, the Roman Republic extended its influence into the region in the
Third Mithridatic War. During the war, Armenian King Tigranes the Great took control of
Syria and prepared to invade Judea but retreated following an invasion of Armenia by
Lucullus. According to Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi writing in c. 482 CE,
Tigranes captured Jerusalem and deported Hyrcanus to Armenia, however most scholars
deem this account to be incorrect.

Samson
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Samson was granted supernatural strength by God in order to combat his enemies and
perform heroic feats[2] such as wrestling a lion, slaying an entire army with only the
jawbone of an ass, and destroying a pagan temple. Samson had two vulnerabilities,
however: his attraction to untrustworthy women and his hair, without which he was
powerless. These vulnerabilities ultimately proved fatal for him.
(Judges 16:25) While they were in high spirits, they shouted, "Bring out Samson to
entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When
they stood him among the pillars,

Samuel:
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Samuel was a leader of ancient Israel in the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. He is
also known as a prophet and is mentioned in the second chapter of the Quran, although
not by name.[2]His status, as viewed by rabbinical literature, is that he was the last of the
Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prophesy inside the Land
of Israel. He was thus at the cusp between two eras. According to the text of the Books of
Samuel, he also anointed the first two kings of the Kingdom of Israel: Saul and David.
(1 Samuel 3:10) The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel!
Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

Saul
Date: 1049-1007 BCE
was the first king of the united Kingdom of Israel. He was anointed by the prophet
Samuel and reigned from Gibeah. He committed suscide to avoid capture in the battle
against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, during which three of his sons were also killed.
The succession to his throne was contested by Ish-bosheth, his only surviving son, and
his son-in-law David, who eventually prevailed. The main account of Saul's life and reign
is found in the biblical Books of Samuel.
(1 Samuel 15:35) Samuel never went to meet with Saul again, but he mourned constantly
for him. And the LORD was sorry he had ever made Saul king of Israel.

Shavuot
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Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire
nation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai, although the association between the giving of
the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is
one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the
conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.The date of Shavuot is directly linked to that of
Passover. The Torah mandates the seven-week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the
second day of Passover and immediately followed by Shavuot. This counting of days and
weeks is understood to express anticipation and desire for the Giving of the Torah. On
Passover, the people of Israel were freed from their enslavement to Pharaoh; on Shavuot
they were given the Torah and became a nation committed to serving God. (Deuteronomy
16:10) "Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute
of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God
blesses you. 11 You shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your
daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates,
the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the
LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.

Solomon
Date: 970 to 931 BC
Solomon was a king of Israel and the son of David. He is described as the third king of
the United Monarchy, and the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the
southern Kingdom of Judah split. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled
over Judah alone. (1 Kings 1:53)Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him
down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and
Solomon said, "Go to your home."

Sukkot
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A biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei. The holiday lasts
seven days (eight in the diaspora). The first day (and second in the diaspora) is a sabbathlike yom tov when work is forbidden, followed by the intermediate Chol Hamoed and
Shemini Atzeret. The Hebrew word sukkt is the plural of sukkah, "booth or tabernacle",
which is a walled structure covered with schach (plant material such as leafy tree
overgrowth or palm leaves). The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of
fragile dwellings in which the Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of travel in the desert
after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Throughout the holiday, meals are eaten inside
the sukkah and some people sleep there as well. (Leviticus 23:33-36) 33 The LORD said to
Moses, 34 Say to the Israelites: On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the LORDs
Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred
assembly; do no regular work. 36 For seven days present food offerings to the LORD, and
on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is
the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

Zionism
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is a form of nationalism of Jews and Jewish culture that supports a Jewish nation state in
the territory defined as the Land of Israel. Zionism supports Jews upholding their Jewish
identity, opposes the assimilation of Jews into other societies and has advocated the
return of Jews to Israel as a means for Jews to be a majority in their own nation, and to be
liberated from antisemitic discrimination, exclusion, and persecution