The first time in history that slaves managed to be set free. This festival and the story it commemorates strikes a chord in all liberation movements and the emancipation of slaves around the world
There is only one fast day from Biblical law - Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement; however to mark certain tragic or sad historical occurrences our Sages instituted other fasts.
One of the greatest God given gifts to mankind is the ability to repent and start afresh. The Talmud states that this ability was created even before the world's creation. This process is especially required and desirable between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur.
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