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Happy Purim

Tico Times
By Tico Times

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins Saturday night. The holiday commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from destruction by the Persians, as told in the Book of Esther in the Bible. The Tico Times extends its wishes for a happy, boisterous, hamantaschen-filled holiday.

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