Esther 9:20-22

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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,

²² As the yamim wherein the Yehudim got relief from their oyvim, and the month which was turned unto them from yagon (sorrow) to simcha (joy), and from evel (mourning) into yontef; that they should make them yemei mishteh v’simcha, and of sending presents one to another, and mattanot (gifts) to the evyon (needy, poor).