<br><br>On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, Allan Engel wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does anyone address the issue of why Purim was instituted on the 14th (and 15th) of Adar, rather than the 13th, which was the proposed date (via the Pur) of the planned destruction, and subsequently the date 'Asher Yishlettu HaYehudim BeSon'eihem'?
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Maybe if achashveiros had annulled the decree entirely, we would celebrate the date of vnahafoch hu, but since we were forced to go to battle, we celebrate the victory, not the battle itself. Maybe akin to the idea of not saying Shira for kriyat yam sum? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Kol<span></span> tuv,</div><div>Liron</div><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Liron Kopinsky</div><div><a href="mailto:liron.kopinsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">liron.kopinsky@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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