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Esther 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, [1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been formed by the second century BCE. [2]
(Esther is in the wooden case on the left.) All five of these megillot ("scrolls") are traditionally read publicly in the synagogue over the course of the year in many Jewish communities. [ 4 ] In common printed editions of the Tanakh they appear in the order that they are read in the synagogue on holidays (beginning with Passover).
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Esther (/ ˈ ɛ s t ər /; Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר ʾEstēr), originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire , the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [ 1 ]
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Mordecai rested in the courtyard one day and overheard these two eunuchs plotting to kill the king. He went on to inform the king through Esther, thus thwarting the plot.. The two conspirators were apprehended and impaled on poles, and Mordecai's service to the king was recorded in the royal chronic
Esther 2:5-6 contains a short snippet of Mordecai's genealogical history, generally translated as, "Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah". The wording of the passage lends to two ...
Following the Torah itself are haftarot, the Scroll of Esther, laws about reading the Torah, and various prayers, all reproduced from old editions. An index is found on the final page (moved from the first page, as it appears in the HebrewBooks.org file, to the back, in order for the page numbers in this file to match both the column numbers in ...