Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; Hebrew:  ×¤Ö¼×•Ö¼×¨Ö´×™× (help·info) Pûrîm “lots”, from the word פור pur, related to Akkadian: pÅ«ru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire where a plot had been formed to destroy…