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What are those Purim noisemakers called, and why is everyone waving them around like crazy during the Megillah reading?

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What are those Purim noisemakers called, and why is everyone waving them around like crazy during the Megillah reading?

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They are called graggers, and they serve to express our displeasure with the arch-enemy of the Jews, Haman. When his name is mentioned in the Megillah, we make noise and “stomp him out.