"Drop down dew ye heavens above
and let the clouds rain the just one."
Isaiah 45: 8
Esther, daughter of Abihail, was raised by her relative Mordecai after her parents died. She was a Jew in the city of Susa in the kingdom of Media and Persia, and because of her beauty she was conscripted into the royal harem. She was crowned queen after she won the heart of King Ahauerus, and she used her position to intercede for the lives of her people. Becuase of Queen Esther, the Jews who were about to be destroyed won the right to defend themselves by killing those who would have killed them. Their victory gave rise to the feast of Purim. Its authorization as an annual holiday is attributed to Esther and Mordecai (Woman Word by Miriam Therese Winter).
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