QUEEN ESTHER

(Taken from the Book of Esther)

The time is somewhere late 400 B. C. The place is the Persian Empire in the king’s palace in Shusan. It has been about 100 years since Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews taken captive into Babylon. Through a series of events, a descendent of these Hebrew captives became the Queen of Persia.

Because of Queen Esther’s wisdom and courage, a whole nation was saved. Seeing her God-given opportunity, she seized it and her life made a difference. To celebrate her heroism and this historic occasion, the Feast of Purim has been celebrated for centuries by the Jews every March.