The Sefat Emet says that each of the 3 regalim has a parallel. Purim (when we willingly accepted the Torah) parallels Shavuot (when we were forced to accept the Torah).
L’Ilui Nishmas my grandmother Rebbetzin Sarah Soshe bas Chaim Gershon z”l Schochet whose yahrtzeit is today, the 2nd of Adar.