The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where God is never mentioned, and no overt miracles occur.

Haman’s epithet, Agagite, indicates his descent from Agag, King of the Amalekite people. The similarity of his personality suggests this descent may be symbolic. The king had ordered Mordecai to ...

He alerts the palace, and King Ahasuerus has those people put away and has Mordecai's good deed noted in his royal court ...

“While one must obey even an illegitimate decree from a king, Mordecai chose to expose Haman’s usurpation of power by refusing to kneel. When Haman neither punished him nor reported him to the ...

Rava said: A person is obligated to drink on Purim until he is so intoxicated that he does not know the difference between “cursed is Haman” and “blessed is Mordechai.” (Megillah 7b ...

Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai were instrumental in rescuing ... often with noisemakers used to drown out Haman’s name; exchanging food gifts; giving to the needy; dressing in costumes ...

including the wily Jewish courtier Mordecai and his beautiful cousin Esther, destined to be queen and her people’s savior. There is, of course, a villain: Haman, the evil architect of the plot ...