<div dir="ltr">I'm not positive that I understand your question. It says right in the megillah that the Jews fought on the 13th [14th in walled cities] and rested the day after the battle. We are not celebrating the fighting, but the fact that the Jews had wiped out their enemies [for the moment]. It seems from what I have read in commentary on the Megillah that feasting after a battle [won] was a common thing in ancient times. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">*** Harchinam<br><br></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Allan Engel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allan.engel@gmail.com" target="_blank">allan.engel@gmail.com</a>></span> 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'?
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