However, Esther 9:20 explicitly mentions that “Mordecai wrote these things,” i.e., a recapitulation of events “in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the ...

The Purim story is one of stunning reversals, none more consequential than Esther’s transition from passivity to action. She begins as an abandoned orphan, taken in by her cousin, who instructs ...

Some Jewish people honor Queen Esther's fasting and prayer period with a fast of their own during Purim. This year, those honoring the Purim fast (also called the Fast of Esther) will fast on ...

In the Purim story, a Jew hides in plain sight among gentiles until the time is right for a big, momentous reveal that, in a miracle of history, saves our people. In late December, when I went to ...

Purim (held on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar — usually March or April) commemorates the day Esther, Queen of Persia, saved the Jewish people from execution by Haman, the advisor to ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, like all holidays, has a story, complete with heroes and villains. Purim’s story centers on two women: Queen Vashti and Queen Esther. And in the year of #MeToo, that ...

Purim, also called the Festival of Lots, recalls a riveting story found in The Hebrew Scroll of Esther, or what Christians call the Book of Esther.

Purim begins at sundown on Wednesday. The holiday recalls the ancient story of how Queen Esther bravely saved the Jewish people. It is a tradition for groups of Jewish people to read from the Book ...

Queens Esther and Vashti are extremely important and fascinating from the point of view of female leadership in religious stories. Purim is a Hebrew word that means "lots" or "luck." ...

The Purim story features regular guy Mordecai who raised his cousin, Queen Esther, after her parents died. Under Persian rule, Esther hid the fact that she was Jewish.

Today is Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating the story of Esther. Esther was the queen of Shushan — Persia, or Iran in modern times, who saved the Jews from attempted genocide. On Purim is also ...

Purim tells story of Queen Esther By Cindy McIntyre March 31, 2016 FORT SILL, Okla., March 31, 2016 -- Queen Esther, wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia, holds a revered place in Jewish history.