Purim Essays

Rhodopis’s resourcefulness manifests itself in, not only her physical labor, but in her use of song to stay optimistic, while Raisel’s ingenuity is displayed when she tells the rabbi’s son a riddle while disguised as Queen Esther at a Purim celebration. Because both of these women live in patriarchal societies, there is little they could do to actively change their respective fates but to use the seemingly insignificant skills that they possess. Though they possess these talents, Rhodipos

Your father and I were determined that this one day you would have a taste of Purim joy, that you would laugh, have some fun. We planned it all carefully. That morning before your father left with the workers, I sewed a pair of gold earrings inside his jacket. He would trade these with the farmers for flour, sugar, and dried fruit

Manipulation Haman manipulates the king into approving his requests of committing genocide of the Jews. Hadassah (Queen Esther) manipulates the king into doing the right thing and to not kill Mordecai. A man manipulates a girl to thinking if she poisoned the other girls then she could be queen. Struggle for Power The struggle of power is shown throughout the book. Haman is the king’s advisor who wanted to be king. He manipulates the king in approving his requests of genocide to the Jews. He was

Week Four Devotional Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or

however, his scheme was unmasked, and he was hanged on the gallows he had designed for Mordecai the Jew. See Esther. HAMAN (Hā´ man) Personal name meaning “magnificent.” The Agagite who became prime minister under the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1). He was a fierce enemy of the Jews, and he devised a plot to exterminate them. In particular, he had a gallows erected on which he hoped to hang Mordecai because Mordecai would not bow to him. Through the intervention of Esther, however, his scheme

As Giorgio Armani once stated, “elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered.” Queen Esther from the Old Testament truly embodied what it means to make a positive impact on a community, despite not always being the center of attention. In the book Twelve Unlikely Heroes, John MacArthur retells her story and explains how she helped save her people through God’s power. Although she was a woman of true excellence, Esther’s existence and emotions were not directly stated because they

Haman: As I was walking down the palace road, Asense of pleasure brought a smile to my face as people bowed down to me. More and more people bowed down. Except for this one blithering idiot who would not bow. This numb headed chap was named Mordecai. How silly of him to not bow down to authority. Is that not was his silly religion is about. I had him whipped and beaten, and he went on with this silly speech about compelling me. Mordecai: I am standing along the street as the right hand man of the

The little Old Testament book of Esther is a fascinating read. Yet there is one man that plays a key role in the account given in Scripture as to how the Jewish people were rescued from Haman’s vicious attack on the Jewish people. Mordecai can be contributed as the man that helped raise his orphaned relative, Esther, as she was young. As Mordecai saved Esther when she was younger, so would he save her as she grew older and was a Persian Queen. The account given in Esther tells that if it were not

the Hebrew Bible. Set in the city of Susa, during the Persian empire, the story of Esther portrays the literary convention of a Jew in a foreign court. Esther, the heroine, saves her people from destruction and creates the origin for the holiday, Purim. The lack of divine intervention in this book raises many questions, especially the inclusion of it canonicity. Many aspects of the story, point to the idea that the story of Esther began as a Babylonian narrative that was adopted into the Hebrew Bible

having a noteworthy character. A proof in this sense is the utilization of recipes experienced in the verifiable books of the Bible. In expansion, the main archive which gives confirmation about the Purim banquet is the Book of Esther, and if the trustworthiness of the occasions on which Purim was established couldn 't be demonstrated, this occasion would lose some of its energy or would even be negligible among the other Jewish celebrations. It is imperative to know that the trustworthiness

The theme of the text set is to discover the different types of foods eaten around the world. Students might only be aware of Americanized versions of cuisine, such as Americanized Chinese food or Mexican food, and not be aware of authentic meals eaten by other cultures. Reading about food around the world can also help students learn about different ways people eat, while some students in the classroom eat using forks, other students use chopsticks, or even use their hands to pick up food and do

Purim holiday is figured out using a Hebrew calendar date of Adar 14. It begins on sunset of that day and ends at night fall the following day and in 2016 it occurred on March 23rd and ending on March 24th. The background of this holiday is when the First

KALLAT TORAH For almost 20 years Sutton Place Synagogue has been the spiritual home for Harold and for me and has greatly enriched our lives. I am so delighted and grateful to receive this wonderful honor of KALLAT TORAH. On this holiday we rejoice and affirm Torah as a pillar on which we build our lives. Indeed, Sutton Place Synagogue has an enduring impact on mine. The teachings of Rabbi Schrantz and Rabbi Ain have led me to embrace more deeply my commitment to Conservative Judaism and to

By researching my assigned celebration, I have gained insights on how important community, creed and cult (part of a religion) in the celebration of the Passover. Community is important in the celebration of the Passover because especially during one of the rituals that is partaken in the Passover which is called the Seder, Jews are commanded to have a special family meal not only to pray together and remind them of the significance of the holiday. But, there are a number of rituals that are observed

the equivalent  of  "New Year" of the Jews (Scott 18).  Rosh Hashanah does not occur in January, but in mid to late fall. (Scott 18). Cards are often given out for well wishes in the new year (Scott 18).  The holiday created in the book of Ester, Purim, is  still celebrated today (Scott 20). The holiday is celebrated by  reading of the book of Ester at the synagogues (Scott 20). The most well-known Jewish holiday is Hanukkah (Scott 20). Hanukkah is the Jewish version of Christmas. It lasts a little

attempting to separate from her Jewish background, she gives up much loved religious traditions, gives away her Jewish books, and even breaks contact with old Jewish friends. Despite the pain, she does this because, as she says, “of Jesus. I gave up Purim, which I love, and Kashrut, which I love…All because I was courted by a very determined carpenter from Nazareth”

Religion is the belief and worship that revolves around different views of nature, and purposes of the universe. It is also a cultural system of behaviors and practices through either prayers, worldviews, sacred texts, holy places, ethics, and societal organization. Religion is usually formed by a superhuman controlling power or a group of people that have different views and explanations of god/gods and the universe. It could also be a bond between the man and the god, a testimony in which means

if it is made under strict Jewish supervision. Grape wine is used for a variety of rituals, especially the Passover Seder, which permits each person to drink four cups of wine. Wine is also used as a celebratory drink for many holidays, including Purim, which celebrates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an

may also have a connection to the name of the common Semitic goddess, Ishtar. In the Hebrew Scriptures the book occurs in the third section among the Five Scrolls (Megilloth), which were read at the great feasts. Esther was read at the Festival of Purim (Lots). The story of Esther began at a banquet at the court of the Persian king, Ahasuerus, usually thought to be the emperor Xerxes. There were two separate banquets being held: one for the king, his councilors and all the men of Susa; the other given

Title: Not in the Crossfire: Persia and my Grandfather In the past, I wrote about my Grandfather’s admiration of the Gacaca system of truth and reconciliation. (Link) As I remember my late Grandfather, I find his complexities rather useful in understanding current events. The recent protests in Rwanda and its diaspora (#FreeKarenziKarake) are a response to the arrest by British officials of Rwandan General Karenzi Karake. The arrest had me thinking a lot of my Grandfather’s old stories of when he