Haman the Agagite, by descent from his father, Kish, Mordecai descended from the enemy of Israel's King Saul, is introduced in Esther 2:5–6. He is related to King Agag by genealogy. What did Mordecai ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The book of Esther is one of the most challenging books in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, not only because of the difficulty of ...

At the very core of the Jewish holiday of Purim lies the Book of Esther, which tells they story of how two Jews, Mordechai and Esther, who ascended in the ancient Persian court of Ahasuerus, saved the ...

(Of course?!) In short, the king’s viceroy Haman decides capriciously that the Jews must be killed, and the king agrees. It is only after the Jewish heroine Esther marries the king and convinces ...

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During the Jewish holiday of Purim, it’s customary to eat these cookies symbolizing Haman’s ear, or Hamantaschen, due to the fact that he was plotting to kill all the Jews in Persia. This festival ...

The event, reportedly attended by over 10,500 people, highlighted the talents of the musicians while emphasizing the importance of inclusion. Information ...

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Purim, to make a very long story short, celebrates the defeat of the evil Haman’s plot to massacre the Jews of Persia, as told in the Book of Esther. For 2,500 years, Jews around the world have ...

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