article_snippet: The holiday commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia after a beautiful queen, Esther, foiled a royal advisor's plot to annihilate all the country's Jews in just one day.
article_snippet: The day commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire where a plot had been formed to destroy the Jewish people.
article_snippet: It is commemorated with a day of feasting with presents of food and charity given to the poor,' a member of staff at The Board of Deputies of British Jews told MailOnline. '
article_snippet: The holy day commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia during the 5th century BC when Royal adviser Haman plotted 'to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day'.
highlights_snippet: The holiday commemorates the foiling of a 5th century plot to annihilate all Jews in ancient Persian empire .
  