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Haman Begging the Mercy of Esther, by Rembrandt. Haman (Hebrew: הָמָן Hāmān; also known as Haman the Agagite) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who according to the Hebrew Bible was an official in the court of the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, commonly identified as Xerxes I (died 465 BCE) but traditionally equated with Artaxerxes I or Artaxerxes II.
A seudat mitzvah ( Hebrew: סעודת מצוה, "commanded meal"), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a mitzvah (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, a wedding, a brit milah (ritual circumcision), or a siyum (completing a tractate of Talmud or Mishnah ).
Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter, often referred to by the mononym “Vashti.”. Vashti makes a brief appearance in the VeggieTales episode "Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen". In the episode, she is abruptly thrown out of the palace after she refuses to make the King a sandwich in the middle of the night.
Flora Purim ( Rio de Janeiro, 6 de março de 1942) é uma cantora brasileira de jazz . Desde pequena Flora Purim convivia com a música, já que seu pai tocava violino e sua mãe era uma pianista amadora. Ainda jovem, Flora gostava de cantar, tocar piano e violão. A cantora foi influenciada por Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald ...
Purim ( / ˈpʊərɪm /; פּוּרִים. . Pūrīm ⓘ, lit. ' lots '; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the 5th century BCE).
Ahasuerus ( / əˌhæzjuˈɪərəs / ə-HAZ-ew-EER-əs; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Modern: ʾAḥašvērōš, Tiberian: ʾĂẖašwērōš, commonly Achashverosh; [a] Koine Greek: Ἀσουήρος, romanized : Asouḗros, in the Septuagint; Latin: Assuerus in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers of ...
The prayer as a part of the candle lighting blessing, Moorocan Jewish variant. Al HaNissim alternatively V'al HaNissim [1] ( [ו]עַל הַנִסִּים , " [and] on the miracles") is an addition to the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon on Hanukkah and Purim. On both holidays, it starts off with a short paragraph, beginning with the words for ...
