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Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia.
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A child wearing a costume for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim crosses a street with his mother in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, March 3, 2015. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
A man, wearing a costume, rollerblades during a parade for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy, dressed in a costume, attends the reading of the Book of Esther ceremony, part of the celebrations marking the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Ramat Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Students wearing costumes play with toy guns during a parade for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim outside the Bialik Rogozin school in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy, dressed in a costume, attends the reading of the Book of Esther ceremony, part of the celebrations marking the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Ramat Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
A man wearing a costume for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim holds flags under a television broadcasting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress, in his cafe in Ashkelon, Israel, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Performers wearing costumes take part in a parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
A student with vampire teeth and colored contact lenses attends a parade for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim outside the Bialik Rogozin school in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Students wearing costumes attend a parade ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Students wearing costumes sits on a bench next to an elderly man during a parade for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen