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Why do you think Mordecai asked Esther to approach the King rather than doing it himself?
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Who was the wife of Mordecai in the book of Esther?
He might've not had one at all - nothing was mentioned about Mordecai's wife in the Bible (rather, Esther).
Is the Book of Esther in the pseudepigrapha?
A:Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is represented by a separate author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past. By this definition, the Book of Esther is anonymous rather than pseudepigraphical, since the book does not make any statement as to its authorship. More broadly, a widely accepted but an incorrect attribution of authorship may make a text pseudepigraphical. There is no theological consensus as to who wrote the book, although those who consider it to be factual often attribute it to Mordecai. If the attribution to Mordecai is sufficiently widely held, Estherwould be pseudepigraphical according to this definition.
What does ester do with king in the Purim story?
Following King Ahasuerus' decision to end Vashti's status as his queen because she refused to dance (some say naked) in front of guests at a feast, he orders all the young women of his kingdom to be brought before him so that he can pick a replacement. One of them is Esther, a beautiful Jewish woman, who is the adoptive daughter of Mordecai, her cousin. However, the king does not know that Esther and Mordecai are Jewish. Not long after, Mordecai stumbles across a plot, formulated by two palace courtiers named Bigthan and Teresh, to kill Ahasuerus - he informs the king of the plot and his dutiful service is recorded. Later, Ahasuerus appoints Haman as his prime minister. Haman is rather full of himself once he gets this job and begins demanding that anyone further down the social scale than himself bow down before him. However, Jews will not bow down before anyone except for G-d and so Mordecai refuses. Angry at what he sees as disrespect and an insult, Haman forms a plan to put not just Mordecai to death but all the Jews in the kingdom too, and he gets Ahasuerus' permission to do it. He casts lots (the same as when the numbers are drawn in a modern lottery) to choose the right day to carry out the massacre, and 13 Adar (a date in the Hebrew calendar) is picked. Mordecai finds out about Haman's plans and orders all the Jews to fast and carry out acts of penitence in the hope that they may be saved by Divine intervention. Esther also finds out what is going on and orders a further three days of fasting, then she organises a feast at which both Ahasuerus and Haman will be present. In the meatime, Haman has once again been insukted by Mordecai and builds a gallows from which he will be hanged. During the night before the feast, Ahasuerus is unable to sleep. The court records are read to him (presumably because he has an instinctive feeling that he's missing something, not because the court records were so boring they'd make him sleep) and he learns that Mordecai was responsible for preventing Bigthan and Teresh's plot but that he was never given a reward for this. Ahasuerus asks Haman what should be done for a man that a king wishes to honour and Haman, still suffering from an over-inflated ego since getting the prime minister job, assumes the king means himself so he says that a man receiving such honour should be dressed in royal finery and paraded around the city for all to see and admire. Haman is even more angry to find out that the king means to do this for Mordecai and not for him. During the feast, Esther tells the king that both she and Mordecai - the woman whom he loves and the man who saved his life - are Jewish (though the Book of Esther doesn't go into lurid details, most people assume she used her feminine wiles to help make her case). In doing so, she persuades Ahasuerus that the Jews are worthy people to whom he owes thanks, and so the king orders that Haman be hanged on the gallows that were intended for Mordecai. To thank Esther for revealing the truth and in recognition of what the Jews have done for him, Ahasuerus allows Esther and Mordecai to write a legal decree awarding new rights to the Jews in the kingdom and, because Haman's decree that all Jews be killed cannot be abolished, they write one giving Jews the legal right to defend themselves from attack. On 13 Adar, when the massacre was going to start, 500 men including Haman's ten sons attack the Jews in the city of Sushan, but all the attackers are killed. So, to cut a long story short, we honour Esther (and Mordecai) during Purim because it was she that convinced King Ahasuerus to end Haman's attempts to massacre Jews and gave them the right to prevent similar attempts in the future.
Why did haman want to kill all the Jews?
Mordecai was the lone Jew in the king's gate. Mordecai job was to represent the Jews and translate the king's order for the Jewish community. Mordecai said that he does not bow because he is Jewish. Haman wanted to kill Mordecai and end the disobedience, but could not ask the king to kill Mordecai because the king did not make the order that the leaders at the king's gate must bow. Killing Mordecai would not solve Haman's problem because a new Jewish representative will take his place and will not bow. So Haman decided to kill the whole nation of Mordecai and Mordecai himself, and then there will be no need for a new Jewish representative, who might not bow to him.
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What is one quality of Esther Queen of Persia?
The story of Esther holds a very important role in the teachings of Judaism. Contrary to what many people mistakenly believe, she was not the most beautiful woman, rather, the reason she was chosen by King Achashveros was because of her modesty. The king provided the best of garments, jewels, perfumes, etc to the women participating in the beauty contest, however, Esther eschewed these gifts and chose to dress very modestly without jewels, etc. In all of her actions, Esther was motivated by pure love for both HaShem (The Creator) and her fellow Jews. Despite her situation (thinking she was going to lose her place in the world to come), she never lost faith or hope. Esther had a pure mind.
Where was the book of Esther written?
It is generally thought to have been Mordechaiwho wrote the book of Esther.Biblical scholars say that the Book of Esther was written as a novel in the second century BCE. The author is unknown.Answer: According to tradition, Mordecai and Esther wrote the book of Esther, in the mid-4th century BCE while the last prophets were still alive (Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi), and it was included in the canon which was sealed a couple of decades after.Esther was queen for about 11 years.The Book of Esther makes it clear that this was not in the early part of Xerxes's reign.The name of Mordechai is considered identical to the name Marduka, which is attested as the name of officials in the Persian court in the Persepolis Texts from the period of Xerxes I. One of these officials might very well be the biblical Mordecai.The grave of Mordecai and Esther still stands in Hamadan; and the Jews of Iran, to this day, are referred to as "the children of Esther."
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How did Esther become queen?
The Book of Esther tells of Esther, the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai the Jew, becoming the new wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia. There was no King Ahasuerus of Persia, but many Bible commentaries observe that Ahasuerus is likely the Hebraicised version of King Xerxes, the Achaemenid leader who ruled from 486 to 465 BCE. Esther is unlikely to have been Xerxes' wife, because his only known wife, Amestris, continued in her role well beyond his third year as king (the date the text suggests Vashti was deposed). Other problems in the story call into question the story's reliability, for example Mordecai is identified as having been sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar - an event that must have place over a century before Xerxes assumed power.
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