Psalms, Songs And Poetry That Glorify The Lord Written by an OldFashionGirl

• Mar. 21, 2008 - Purim-Feast Day of Esther

You all know from time to time I'll make an exception on this poetry blog and post in 'common' sentences; so today I'm doing a little tribute on Purim: the Jewish feast-day of Queen Esther. I'm not Jewish, but my church and my family like to study about and sometimes celebrate the Old Testament holidays. This year Purim is on the 21st of March. It is to comemorate when Esther stood up for her people.   Esther 9:23-28 Purim Celebrated  23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur (that is, the lot) for their ruin and destruction. 25 But when the plot came to the king's attention, [a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 (Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur .) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews took it upon themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should without fail observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. 28 These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never cease to be celebrated by the Jews, nor should the memory of them die out among their descendants.

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