Esther 9:19-21

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁹ Therefore the Yehudim of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the 14^th day of the month Adar a simcha and mishteh, and a yontef, and of sending presents each one to his neighbor.

²⁰ And Mordechai wrote these things, and sent seferim unto all the Yehudim that were in all the provinces of HaMelech Achashverosh, both near and far,

²¹ To establish this among them, that they should keep the 14^th day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, shanah v’shanah,