Q: Why do we fast the day before Purim? No tragedy happened, and its not even the right date!
A: On purim we rejoice and get drunk, so we might forget how serious the threat was and why the Jews were saved. We have to remember that the Jews were threatened with anhilliation and the reason they were saved was because they fasted and did teshuvah. There are still those who seek to destroy us, so to make sure we don't celebrate Purim too light-heartedly, we fast the day before and do teshuva.
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