megillah

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I plan to use the ground seeds as extra flour to sprinkle on the board when I roll out my hamentaschen dough, and to make a salad of sprouts, nuts and dried fruits as a seasonal accompaniment to the pre-megillah-reading meal.

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  1. One of five books in the Old Testament (namely, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther) which are recited in the synagogue in the following order: Canticles on Passover, Ruth on the feast of Weeks, Ecclesiastes on the feast of Tabernacles, and Esther on Purim; Lamentations is given on the fast of the ninth of Ab. They derive their name from the fact that they are written on parchment rolls or scrolls.

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  • The whole megillah: combinations she and I have never even talked about, let alone tried I feel like a kid sneaking his first peek at Penthouse, under the covers. —  EQMM,May2007
  • We have an unfortunate tendency in this country to get bogged down with assigning blame: Who is responsible for the whole megillah by provoking the other party? —  Planet Atheism
  • Haman is the antagonist, but there are plenty of Persians in the megillah who are presented as merely dangerously ignorant. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • I plan to use the ground seeds as extra flour to sprinkle on the board when I roll out my hamentaschen dough, and to make a salad of sprouts, nuts and dried fruits as a seasonal accompaniment to the pre-megillah-reading meal. —  The Jew and the Carrot
  • Likewise, there is much more to the Purim story than meets the eye - the words in the megillah merely touch the surface and convey mostly the might of the miracle.
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