The Persian Jews hold a most special claim to the festival of Purim. The story of Mordechai, Queen Esther, ‘Setara’ in Persian, and the Jewish people in their fight against the evil Haman, took place in Babylon. This became the great Persian Empire and eventually Iran. The struggle of the Persian Jews continues to this day. In the story of Purim, Queen Esther, who was the beautiful Jewish wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), and her cousin Mordecai, inform the king about an order for the general annihilation of Jews throughout the empire. The massacre had been plotted by the king’s chief minister, Haman, and the date decided by casting lots (purim). Queen Esther prevails in convincing the king to retract the orders he had given to Haman and to have him hanged for this evil plot against the Jews.
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