The matters of the fastings and their cry - The Jews of the provinces had added to the form of commemoration proposed by Mordecai c…

To confirm ... enjoined ... decreed. — The same Hebrew verb stands for the three different English verbs; it is also the word …

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed
The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar:

The observance of the Jewish feasts is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are t…