Purim Story 👸 in 4 Minutes ✡️

Purim
Feast of Lots

Origin: Hebrew, a joyous holiday that recounts and celebrates the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre  in ancient Persia.

Megillat Esther, The Book of Esther in the form that we have it in the Hebrew Bible, provides the story of the origin of Purim, the blueprint for its celebration, and the authorization for its observance in perpetuity.

The Purim Story in 4 Minutes

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Purim
Pronounced: PUR-im, the Feast of Lots

Why is Purim called the Feast of Lots?
Purim, which literally means “lots,” is the holiday in which Jews commemorate being saved from persecution in the ancient Persian Empire.
Pûrîm "lots", from the word פור‬ pur, related to Akkadian: pūru)
Haman casts lots (hence the name of the holiday) to determine the date he would carry out his plan to annihilate the Jews: the 13th of Adar.
This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Outline of the Purim Story

• King Ahasuerus dethrones Queen Vashti.
• Esther is crowned queen after winning a beauty contest.
• Mordecai (Esther’s cousin) uncovers a plot to kill the king and reports it.
• King Ahasuerus promotes Haman, making him more powerful than all the other officials.
• Mordecai refuses to bow before Haman [a close confidant of the king].
• Haman seeks to destroy the Jews after his run-in with Mordecai.
• Mordecai appeals to Esther to save her people. Esther approaches King Ahasuerus and invites him and Haman to a banquet.
• Mordecai is honored for having saved the king’s life. Esther entertains the king and Haman, and invites them to a second banquet.
• Esther pleads for her people at the second banquet. She accuses Haman.
• The king grants Esther’s request and condemns Haman to die on the gallows that he built for the Jews.
• The Jews defend themselves throughout Persia [against those following out the decree to destroy the Jews].
• The holiday of Purim is established.
• Mordecai advances to a position of importance.