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More Purim Music!

More Purim Music!

Here are some more traditional songs that are sung during Purim, the Festival of Lots.​ In these videos you can hear the songs and follow along with the transliterated Hebrew lyrics. Below each video are the English translations.

Haman Hangs at the Purim Party

Detail of the Scroll of Esther with an image of Haman hanging from the gallows.

The scroll of Esther is usually decorated with ornate drawings that depict notable scenes from the story. Nobody has a problem with the images of Haman and his sons hanging from the gallows that are found in the scroll.