Labels:screenshot | text | black | black and white OCR: it the Je ws at Susa continued killing their enemies on the second day also, and then rested 18 third day, making that their day of feasting and gladness. 19So to this day, rural Jews liv- on the un walled villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday in late winter, when they rejoice ing i id gifts to each other. and s decai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the 20M provinces, " "encouraging them to celebrate an annual festival on these two days. ""He told king' celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts to each other and to the m r. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when the p now was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy. the ir the Jews adopted Mordecai's su ...