Purim is a joyous holiday.
The Persian empire of the 4th century BCE was ruled by King Ahasuerus and his second wife, Queen Esther, a Jew. The story which may be apocryphal, relates that Queen Esther hears of a plot by the Prime Minister "Haman" to exterminate the Jews. She goes to her husband the king and turns the tables. Haman is hanged and the Jews preemptively kill all those thought to pose a threat. Five hundred attackers and Haman's ten sons are killed in Shushan. Throughout the empire 75,000 Jewish enemies are killed (Esther 9:16).
On Purim, Jews actually consume cookies called Hamentashen to celebrate this joyous occasion.
The Persian empire of the 4th century BCE was ruled by King Ahasuerus and his second wife, Queen Esther, a Jew. The story which may be apocryphal, relates that Queen Esther hears of a plot by the Prime Minister "Haman" to exterminate the Jews. She goes to her husband the king and turns the tables. Haman is hanged and the Jews preemptively kill all those thought to pose a threat. Five hundred attackers and Haman's ten sons are killed in Shushan. Throughout the empire 75,000 Jewish enemies are killed (Esther 9:16).
On Purim, Jews actually consume cookies called Hamentashen to celebrate this joyous occasion.