Why did the Sages enjoin us to become inebriated on Purim?
Assimilation in Ancient Persia
The Talmud in Megillah 12a states that the near-annihilation of the Jews in the time of Ahasuerus was a punishment for participating in the royal banquet, where they prostrated themselves before Persian idols. What led them to this act of disloyalty?
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