Esther- (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) Old Testament- the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and ...
The ritual observance of Purim begins with a day of fasting, Taʿanit Esther (Fast of Esther) on Adar 13, the day preceding the actual holiday. The most distinctive aspect of the synagogue service is the reading of the Book of Esther. On Purim Jews are also enjoined to exchange gifts...
Esther 4:5-17: Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
This made Haman really angry, 10 but he did not say a thing. When Haman got home, he called together his friends and his wife Zeresh 11 and started bragging about his great wealth and all his sons. He told them the many ways that the king had honored him and how all ...
In the whole of Israel’s history, god’s people were never called to fast for fasting’s sake. They were called to forego food to deny all else but god. We must ask ourselves why this occasion would be any different. The following portion of Joel 2:17 describes a petition God’s pe...
[a]he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,and that he and his sons should be impaledon poles.26(Therefore these days were called Purim, from the wordpur.) Because of everything written in this ...
From Hebrewtaʿanīth estēr“fast of Esther” Also calledFast of Esther. Words NearbyTaanith Esther t T1 T2 ta Taal Taanith Esther taata tab tabanid tabard tabaret Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 ...
But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king (4:11). She is presented with a choice: remain silent and watch her people’s persecution from the cocoon of the palace, or risk her life and reveal her true identity. Mordecai responds with a solemn speech: Do not ...
This Esther Fast will take place on March 1-3 and will focus on three issues. First, is for the protection of a new democratic government called the “Self Administration of North and East Syria” (SANES), which vows to protect the religious freedom of minorities in the war-torn country....
Mordecai called upon her to pray for her people and then intercede with the king. Though Pesaḥ was near, and the provision of Megillat Ta'anit forbidding fasting during this time could not be observed without disregarding Mordecai's plea, she overcame her cousin's scruples by a very apt...