Hey, Hadassah/Esther, whatever your name is now… I just heard some dudes talking about killing the King! You need to tell him! There is an opinion.

Esther

Drunk ol’ King Ahasuerus

His wife, Queen Vashti

“Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the

king” (Esther 2:2).

Hadassah

Hey, Hadassah/Esther, whatever your name is

now…I just heard some dudes talking about killing the

King! You need to tell him!

Uncle/Cousin MordecaiThere is an opinion in the Talmud that she was his wife, not (only) his adopted daughter. This is based on the reading of the Hebrew word “bas” (daughter) as “bayis” (house): bayis means a wife in Talmudic terminology.

Hey….you…bow down to

me.

Hmm….Haman tells me that

there are those out there who

refuse the law, I’ll let him take care

of it…

Haman

Um…how about no.

Happy Haman!

"If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated" (Esther 7:3).

W T F?!?!?!

Haman

[Mordecai instructed them] to observe them as days of feasting and gladness, and sending delicacies to one another,

and gifts to the poor” (9:22).

Salvador Dali

Who am I Living For?

McMahon, Arthur. "Esther." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York:

Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 8 Sept. 2010

The Holy Bible, King James Version. New York: American Bible Society: 1999;

Bartleby.com, 2000. Web.

Works Cited

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/world/middleeast/30worm.html?pagewanted=all