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  • noun Plural form of megilla.

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Examples

  • What the Purim revelers of March 1944 did not realize, however, was that at the very moment they were reading their megillas and shaking their groggers, a senior Jewish adviser to president Franklin Roosevelt was presented with the opportunity to use his influence to help save European Jews from the Nazis.

    JPost Headlines 2009

  • Every year, we finish reading megillas Eicha where the final pesukim tell us that G-d won't forget and will take revenge for every drop of blood and every ounce of pain.

    Aish Weekly Articles 2009

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