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Yeshivish glossary term

Shushan Purim

שושן פורים

Meaning

  • Purim observed on the fifteenth of Adar in qualifying walled cities

Alternate spellings

Purim d'Shushan

Usage and context

Most prominently associated today with Jerusalem.

Category
Purim
Language origin
Hebrew

Example in Yeshivish

Jerusalem observes Shushan Purim.

Plain-English example

Jerusalem observes Purim on the fifteenth of Adar.