Esther 9:20-23

20Mordecai wrote down all these events. He sent letters to all the Jews who were living in all the regions where King Xerxes ruled.

21He told them that they should have a holiday on the 14th and 15th days of Adar every year.

22They should do that to remember the time when they became safe from their enemies. That was the month when they became happy and they were no longer sad. They should eat a feast and they should send gifts of food to each other to show their joy. They should also give gifts to poor people.

23The Jews agreed to do everything that Mordecai had written in the letters. They had a feast every year to remember what had happened.