Check out these fun Purim tidbits:
1. Longest verse in the Bible- Chapter VIII of Megilath Esther has the longest verse in the Bible - 43 words.
2. Longest word in the Bible - also in Megilath Esther - eleven letters ( v'ha'achashdarpanim/scribes)
3. The Hadassah organization was founded on Purim 1912 - Hadassah is another name for Esther.
4. Purim in the US - There is a town 'Esther' in Missouri and Louisianna.
5. Not mentioned - The book of Esther is the ONLY book in the Bible that doesn't mention G-d's name.
6. Purim Shpiel - Historians trace the first Purim shpiel to the 13th and 14th centuries in what is now Germany.
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