Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending presents one to another.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Meats, not only to the poor, but to all their friends, ver. 22., and 2 Esdras viii. 10. (Calmet)