El Ami - El Atzmi Learn Together Queen Esther and the Megilla The month of Adar and the holiday of Purim, which falls in Adar, symbolize the miraculous redemption of Am Yisrael from the evil decrees of Haman and King Achashverosh. Hashem's divine plan...
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El Ami - El Atzmi Learn Together Queen Esther and the Megilla The month of Adar and the holiday of Purim, which falls in Adar, symbolize the miraculous redemption of Am Yisrael from the evil decrees of Haman and King Achashverosh. Hashem's divine plan included Esther being chosen as Queen, in order that she could assist her People from "within the palace". Talmud Bavli, Tractate Megilla, 14a: Am Yisrael had seven prophetesses: Sarah, Miriam, Dvora, Hanna, Avigail, Hulda and Esther. Her Name Esther is referred to in a number of ways throughout the Megilla: 1. Megillat Esther, Chapter 2 There was a Jewish man in Shushan the capital, whose name was Mordechai…He had raised his cousin Hadassah, also called Esther... 1
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