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this is the abri shami synagogue on palestine street in tehran. history of judaism has been firmly intwine with iran's history as they maintain unbreakable b. jews make the oldest minority in the country, dating back to 200 years before.

testament, especially the book of esther, daniel, ezra, nehemiah, and the book of genesis, there is a great number of historical evidence, proving the deep interrelations between the jews and the dwellers of persia, but the book of esther is the one with the biggest portion devoted to the history of ancient persia. the setting of the story of purim. as narrated in the book of ester is the reign of the emiminate king and however the story and the counts in the book of ester is subject to controversy and it's been the focus of critical analysis by historians and researchers throughout history. in ancient times there a king named whose rule encompassed india. ethiopia,

covering 127 provinces. in the third year of his reign a big feast and invited the governors and leaders of all the nations under his rule. the gathering lasted for seven days. at the end of the seventh night, the king asked his wife vashty to display her body and go nude before the guests so that they would see her remarkable beauty. queen vashd however refused to do so. and did not attend the royal party, enraged by the wife's defiance, the king summoned the religious leaders and astrologists for consultation to set a tough punishment for her wife. they said she had to be replaced with person who deserved that status. the king embraced the idea, thus dispatching all envoys under his command, tasking them with finding the best young women and bringing them to his capital in shusan, so the king would choose one of as

the new queen. mordekai was a jewish immigrant who had been rescued by cyrus from persecution under the king of babylonia. at first, he resettled in persia, decided to introduce his cousin esther to the king an effort to make her the new queen. mordekai asked her not to tell anyone about her religion. the selection did came at. and it was esther who stood out the eyes of the king, among all the other gorgeous women, she was crowned as persia's new queen, that provided the chance for mordekai to gain a senior position in the palace. hamen was viceeroy for king ahasios and served as his top confidant. indeed, anyone under the king's rule would bow to haman as well, in except for mordekai, who would not do so. he

believed no one but god deserved that level of respect. a man got extremely infuriated and was pushed to the edge. he decided to retaliate against mordekai and his. fellow jews seting one specific day in the 12th year in ohazisus's rule for his ominous plot. haman choose the killing gate on the 13th day the jewish month of adar. haman initiated the plots by pursuing the king, the purges scattered community of jews had to be exterminated and asked the king to issue an order on the complete annihilation of them. the king agreed and handed him his ring, which was the royal seal and signature. he said he was free to do anything he deemed appropriate. the word reached mordekai and he found out about the amonous plot on the slaughter of persia's jewish community.

esther also heard about it. she ordered someone to ask mordi about the reason behind his anguish and restlessness. mordekai reported everything that had happened to. even handed over the written order, the killing of jews issued by haman to inform esther. esther to urge king to have mercy on the jews and spare their lives. in response, esther ordered mordek to bring together all the jews of shushan and fast for three consecutive days. mordekai immediately did what esther instructed him to do and asked. people to repent and pray for their community deliverance. on the third day of the fasting, esther went to the king and expressing grief while praying to god for the salvation of these. the kingly touched by the scene,

decided to hand her his golden cane. esther moved forward and hel, and asked him to invite haman for a dinner involving them. the king and haman went to esther banquet. at the table, while drinking wine, the king asked esther to make her demand no, and pledge to give her whatever she wishes, even if it cost him half of his territories. estra said, now the time and joy of his majesty, i'm asking for my safety and that of my people. i'm a jew, and someone has plotted to eradicate our people. the king wondered who that daring person was who thought of a ruthless plot.

this sinister man, haman, is the very enemy of my. ester replied. the king immediately ordered his men to hang haman and his 10 sons. now esther went back to the king once again, expressing concern that the threat still existed and asked him to issue another verdict, annuling man's early order for the massacre of the jews across the nation. she said, how can i witness the massacre and eradication of my people? the king gave esther full authority to issue a new order and seal it the king's room. the day of the order. by arrived when the enemies of jews were expecting to kill them off, but thing completely changed, and it was the jews who achieved triumph over their rules. under esther's order, the jewish in all of their came together, massacred anyone who had

previously planned to kill them. in the capital shusan, some 100 people died a result while death told throughout the persian empire, which 75. mia recorded everything that had happened and sent copies across persian land to reach all members of the jewish community. he asked them to celebrate the 14th and 5th for the deliverance of the jews from the hands of the enemy. the holiday was named purim, denoting the jews were in luck.

this is the western iranian city of hamadan where the shrine of ester and morkai is located. the original construction dates back to around 11 centuries ago, but in the 13th century, during the era, the...

although the word feast might now is referred to some celebratory event or banket, it used to be allied to religious rituals and practices in ancient times, every feast has its own customs.

یه تومار خیلی بزرگ مثلاً دو سه ساعت بعد جشنی که گرفته میشه مثلاً غذا داده میشه کمک به افراد فقیر میشه اون چیزی که به عنوان قانون شرعی. different incentives and rituals.

literally it means the ears of hen and what we do is we take out cookie dough we fold it a triangolar shape and inside you have pony prunes or chuck whatever you want but they're always good. "and that's why we get drunk on warm, we have to get rid of our intelligence, we have to have a direct connection to god between our souls and god, and we really tell our intelligence to leave, and that's why we drink." so everybody should have a great poem and everybody should come close to god, the solemn religious event, which was once celebrated for gratitude for god, has now turned into large street cabals, totally away from the real f of tradition, overdrinking and bizarre costumes are among the newly

developed rituals, make up what is today known as purim is turn it upside down

یهود در این داستان اساطیری تموم میشه و منجر به نجات این قوم میشه. مثل خیلی از موتونی که تو طول هزاره ها در حوزه القدسی نوشته شدن میشه گفتش که تومار استتر در حقیقت ماحصل یک میراث اساطیر چند هزار ساله است که به دست قوم یهود می رسه. kind of wonder whether you know especially in these days is sort of an arabian night story.

سال این ها الزاماً غیرممکن نیست. چیزی که غیرممکنه و احتمالاً کار رو یه مقداری به این سمت می بره و یا سوغ میده که ما نتیجه بگیریم اون روایت موجود در کتاب است گزارش تاریخی نیست این است که در واقع پیوستگی مطالب به گونه ای که یک روایت منسدم تاریخی رو بسازه ظاهراً منطقی نداره تو اون کتاب در هیچ کتاب در هیچ منبع ایرانی در هیچ نوشته ایرانی حتی در داستان های گفتاری ایرانی چنین رادی.

this scroll of ester was written in 1686 in the city of amsterdam by a man named fil montalto the scroll tells the story of the salvation of the jews from a plan to annihilate them. name of god anywhere in the text from the beginning decided that it would be appropriate illustrate the book is unusual

story.

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