Esther

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Explore 306 Jewish texts related to the theme of Esther, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Kingdom of Haman

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

King Ahasuerus, still clueless about Haman's true intentions, decrees, "The man who saved the life of the king deserves to have his name put on the coin of the realm. Nevertheless,...

Haman: Kingdom of Mordecai

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

We all know the story of Mordecai and Haman. Haman, the villainous advisor to the king, plots to annihilate the Jews, and Mordecai, the righteous leader, stands in his way. In Lege...

Mordecai in Heaven

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

The story of Mordecai and Haman in the Book of Esther is full of such moments, and one of the most dramatic comes right after Esther reveals Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews. Pictu...

Kingdom of Mordecai of Esther

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

We all know the story: Haman, the wicked advisor to King Ahasuerus, plots to annihilate all the Jews in Persia. But thanks to Esther, the Jewish queen, and her wise cousin Mordecai...

Haman and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

Can you imagine the humiliation? The rage boiling in your gut? That's what Haman must have felt as he led Mordecai, the man he despised above all others, through the streets of Shu...

Mordecai's Transgression and Thou

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

Now, they’re celebrating a miraculous deliverance. The air is thick with gratitude, with disbelief, with pure, unadulterated joy. As Mordecai, the hero of the hour, rode through th...

Haman Stands in Prayer

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

We know the story of Esther, of course. The heroic Jewish queen who saved her people from annihilation in ancient Persia. But have you ever really considered the smaller, almost Sh...

Trial of Haman

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

He was down. Like, really down. After the whole ordeal with having to lead Mordecai around in royal robes – a humiliation orchestrated by the very man he wanted to destroy – and th...

Haman: Kingdom of Esther

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

The scene is set: a lavish banquet, King Ahasuerus at the head of the table, and the villainous Haman anxiously present. According to Legends of the Jews, even as everyone’s eating...