The bribe-money-filled pockets of one character are represented by the triangular pastries eaten on this holiday, in which graggers cause clamor in order to blot out the mention of a villain's name.
Immediately before this holiday, the defeat of the tyrant Nikanor is celebrated and three halves of the local coin are offered to the poor on a minor fast day. The founder of Der Sturmer, Julius Streicher, made a sneering reference to this holiday moments before his hanging after the Nuremberg Trials. This holiday is celebrated on an alternate date in cities that had walls during Joshua's conquest of Israel. The bribe-money-filled pockets of one character are represented by the triangular pastries eaten on this holiday, in which graggers cause clamor in order to blot out the mention of a villain's name. Celebrated on the 14th of Adar, this holiday involves drinking until one cannot tell the defeat between Mordechai and Haman. For 10 points, name this Jewish holiday which celebrates the heroism of Esther.
Immediately before this holiday, the defeat of the tyrant Nikanor is celebrated and three halves of the local coin are offered to the poor on a minor fast day.
Purim