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Scroll of Esther

Scroll of Esther
Purim, a feast commemorating the delivery of Persian Jews from destruction, is celebrated in synagogues every year with the reading of the Scroll of Esther, called the megillah. This 18th-century megillah, in the Jewish Museum in New York City, New York, is from Persia (Iran).
The Pierpont Morgan Library/Art Resource, NY
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Jews; Esther; Purim; Jewish Art and Architecture; Judaism
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