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Shalom, Happy Purim from Israel !! is a nice Book of Esther - Megillat Esther, Scroll ofEsther Printed in Hebrew and English and decorated with colorful pictures This is an old and rare edition, printed in Israel 1972 (marked on the case). Brand New, never used Including an original Carry Case made from strong cardboard Size (L x W) : 5.5 x 1.5 inch / 14 x 4 cm - Folded, in Case The Joyful story Purim - of the Jewish people in Persia that saved the day once again - with Esther, the beautiful Jewish queen, Mordechai her uncle - the righteous, King Ahasuerus, and of course - the evil Haman who finishes the tale hanged from a long tree :) with all his family. Make some noise with the Purim grogger / Jewish rattler when reading the Esther Megillah at Synagogue, and drink lots of wine - it is a great Mitzvah - until you cannot tell between evil Haman to righteous Mordechai collectible Judaica, Jewish, Hebrew , Israel item, excellent gift for the holiday The Book of Esther (from Wikipedia) The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible . The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim . Its full text is read aloud twice during the celebration, in the evening and again the following morning. Setting The Biblical Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus , a king of Persia. The name Ahasuerus is equivalent to Xerxes, both deriving from the Persian Khashayarsha, thus Ahasuerus is usually identified as Xerxes I (486-465 BCE), though Ahasuerus is identified as Artaxerxes in the later Greek version of Esther (as well as by Josephus , the Jewish commentary Esther Rabbah , the Ethiopic translation and the Christian theologian Bar-Hebraeus who identified him more precisely as Artaxerxes II [ 1] ). The Book of Esther tells a story of palace intrigue and genocide thwarted by a Jewish queen of Persia. Plot summary The book commences with a feast organized by Ahasuerus, initially for his court and dignitaries and afterwards for all inhabitants of Shushan . Ahasuerus orders his wife Vashti to display her beauty before the guests. She refuses. Ahasuerus removes her as queen. Ahasuerus then orders all "beautiful young girls to be presented to him, so he can choose a new queen to replace Vashti. One of these is Esther, who had no parents and is being fostered by her uncle Mordechai . She finds favor in the king's eyes, and is made his new wife. Esther does not reveal that she is Jewish. Shortly afterwards, Mordechai discovers a plot by courtiers Bigthan and Teresh to assassinate Ahasuerus. They are apprehended and executed, and Mordechai's service to the king is recorded.Ahasuerus appoints Haman as his prime minister. Mordechai, who sits at the palace gates, falls into Haman's disfavor as he refuses to bow down to him. Having found out that Mordechai is Jewish, Haman plans to kill not just Mordechai but all the Jews in the empire. He obtains Ahasuerus' permission to execute this plan, against payment of ten thousand talents of silver, and he casts lots to choose the date on which to do this - the thirteenth of the month of Adar. When Mordechai finds out about the plans he orders fasting. Mordechai informs Esther what has happened and tells her to intercede with the King. She is afraid to break the law and go to the King uninvited. This entails the death penalty. Mordechai tells her that she must. She requests that all Jews fast and pray for three days together with her, and on the third day she goes to Ahasuerus,who stretches out his sceptre to her which shows that she is not to be punished. She invites him to a feast in the company of Haman. During the feast, she asks them to attend a further feast the next evening. Meanwhile, Haman is again offended by Mordechai and builds a gallows for him. That night, Ahasuerus suffers from insomnia, and when the court's records are read to him to help him sleep, he learns of the services rendered by Mordechai in... read more

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