Burning Effigy of Haman on Cross during Purim

Prohibition to Mock Christianity on Purim

The Theodosian Code, promulgated by Emperor Theodosius II in 438: “Emperors Honorius and Theodosius Augustuses to Anthemius, Praetorian Prefect. The governors of the provinces shall prohibit the Jews from setting fire to Haman in memory of his past punishment, in a certain ceremony of their festival, and from burning with sacrilegious intent a form made to resemble the Holy Cross in contempt of the Christian faith…” Haman on the Cross Michaelangelo in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Source: Council of Centers on Jewish – Christian Relations