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Achashverosh Haman
Esther
Mordechai
3. 1.1
There was a king called Achashverosh, who ruled over 127
countries
4. 1.3
He made a huge party lasting 180 days for everyone
5. 1.5
And one for 7 days for just his close friends
6. 1.8
Achashverosh had quite a lot to drink…
7. 1.11
And he asked his wife Vashti to come to the party
10. 2.1
Achashverosh was rather lonely
11. 2.3
So wanted to find a new wife
12. 2.8
They organised a beauty pageant, forcing girls from all over
the kingdom to come to find a new wife
13. 2.12
They had a year of beauty treatments
14. 2.17
Esther got married to Achashverosh
15. 2.18
And was crowned queen
16. 2.20
She kept her Jewish identity hidden, but still kept Kosher and
Shabbat in the palace
17. 2.21
Mordechai overheard Bigtan and Teresh plotting to kill
Achashverosh
18. 3.1
Haman was promoted to be prime minister
19. 3.2
He made everyone bow down to him
20. 3.4
But Mordechai refused
21. 3.5
Because he was Jewish
22. 3.7
Haman got very, very angry because of this…
23. 3.9
And paid Achashverosh to be allowed to kill all of the Jews
24. 3.13
They posted letters to all the empire with details of the plot
25. 4.1
Mordechai discovered the plan to kill the Jews
26. 4.7
He told Esther about the plan
27. 4.11
Esther was worried about going to see Achashverosh
28. 4.16
They gathered all of the Jews to pray
29. 5.1
Esther dressed in her royal clothes to speak to Achashverosh
30. 5.4
She invited Achashverosh and Haman to a party
32. 5.7
At the party she invited Achashverosh and Haman back to
another party
33. 5.9
Haman is delighted to be invited to the party…
34. 5.14
But when he saw Mordechai he decided to kill him, and built
a gallows to hang him on
35. 6.1
Achashverosh couldn't sleep one night…
36. 6.2
And asked to read the Book of Chronicles, and realised he
hadn’t repaid Mordechai for saving his life
37. 6.6
Achashverosh asked Haman how to reward someone.
Haman doesn’t know he is speaking about Mordechai
38. 6.11
Mordechai rode the King’s horse through town, wearing
royal robes, as the reward
39. 6.13
Haman went home, realising that he has started to fall
against the Jews
40. 7.1
They all went to the second party
41. 7.3
And Esther revealed she is Jewish, and that Haman wants to
kill her as well
42. 7.7
Achashverosh got very angry at Haman
43. 7.10
Achashverosh had Haman hung, on the gallows he built for
Mordechai
44. 8.2
Afterwards Mordechai is made Prime Minister
45. 8.3
However the decree to kill the Jews still stood
46. 8.3
They got permission from Achashverosh to defend
themselves
48. 8.14
They rushed out messages to the Jews
49. 8.15
Mordechai became famous and feared
50. 8.16
The Jews were overjoyed at the turn of events
51. 9.2
It was like a fight between David and Goliath…
52. 9.12
But the Jews won a miraculous victory
53. 9.20
Mordechai wrote letters to all of the Jews telling them of the
miracles
54. 9.19
The four mitzvot of Purim - gifts of food
55. 9.22
Giving charity to the poor
56. 9.22
Having a festive meal
57. 9.26
Reading the Megillah