King Ahasuerus is drunk at a festival and orders his queen, Vashti, to appear before him and his guests to display her beauty. When she refuses to come, he kicks her out and looks for a new queen. All the pretty ladies in the kingdom get together to be considered.
Esther (Hadassah) is the cousin of Mordecai and a member of the Jewish community. Upon the king's orders Esther's taken to palace. Even as she advances to the highest position of the harem, Mordecai tells her she's got to hide that she's a Jew, so she does. The king falls in love with her and makes her queen.
Later, Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman, Ahasuerus' highest advisor, and Haman requests and is given permission to order all the Jews in Persia killed. When Esther learns about it, Mordecai tells her to reveal to the king that she is Jewish and to ask him to repeal the order. Esther hesitates, saying that she could be put to death if she goes to the king without being summoned and the king doesn't want to see her; Mordecai tells her she's got to try anyway. She goes to the king, and the king welcomes her, and says he will give her anything she wants. Instead of asking directly about the order, she invites the king and Haman to a banquet the next day.
During the banquet, the king asks Esther again if there's anything she wants, and this time she asks the king to spare her life and that of all of the Jews. The king asks who was threatening them, and she names Haman. Haman throws himself at her feet; the king thinks that Haman's attacking her and orders him put to death, and gives all Haman's possessions to Esther.
Esther tells the king about Mordecai's role in her life, and the king makes Mordecai his highest advisor. Esther then asks the king to revoke the order, and king allows Esther and Mordecai to do so. They send out an order in the king's name that Jews can assemble and defend themselves, and can kill anyone who threatens them and their families, and take their goods. On the thirteenth day of Adar, the same day that Haman had set for them to be killed, the Jews do so in one city, killing 500 people but not taking plunder, and they kill around 75,000 the next day again not taking plunder, and then they feast.
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King Ahasuerus is drunk at a festival and orders his queen, Vashti, to appear before him and his guests to display her beauty. When she refuses to come, he kicks her out and looks for a new queen. All the pretty ladies in the kingdom get together to be considered.
Esther (Hadassah) is the cousin of Mordecai and a member of the Jewish community. Upon the king's orders Esther's taken to palace. Even as she advances to the highest position of the harem, Mordecai tells her she's got to hide that she's a Jew, so she does. The king falls in love with her and makes her queen.
Later, Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman, Ahasuerus' highest advisor, and Haman requests and is given permission to order all the Jews in Persia killed. When Esther learns about it, Mordecai tells her to reveal to the king that she is Jewish and to ask him to repeal the order. Esther hesitates, saying that she could be put to death if she goes to the king without being summoned and the king doesn't want to see her; Mordecai tells her she's got to try anyway. She goes to the king, and the king welcomes her, and says he will give her anything she wants. Instead of asking directly about the order, she invites the king and Haman to a banquet the next day.
During the banquet, the king asks Esther again if there's anything she wants, and this time she asks the king to spare her life and that of all of the Jews. The king asks who was threatening them, and she names Haman. Haman throws himself at her feet; the king thinks that Haman's attacking her and orders him put to death, and gives all Haman's possessions to Esther.
Esther tells the king about Mordecai's role in her life, and the king makes Mordecai his highest advisor. Esther then asks the king to revoke the order, and king allows Esther and Mordecai to do so. They send out an order in the king's name that Jews can assemble and defend themselves, and can kill anyone who threatens them and their families, and take their goods. On the thirteenth day of Adar, the same day that Haman had set for them to be killed, the Jews do so in one city, killing 500 people but not taking plunder, and they kill around 75,000 the next day again not taking plunder, and then they feast.