THE PEEPZ - HaAm
THE STORY - HaSipur
CUSTOMS - Minhagim
NUMBERS - Misparim
100
KING Achashverosh
Who was the King of Persia during our story?
100
A Beauty pageant
How did the King find a new queen?
100
The book of Esther is read during Purim from this scroll.
What is the Megillah, or Megillat Esther?
100
The number of days that Esther, Mordechai, and the Jews of Persia fasted after hearing the evil decree against them.
What is 3?
200
The Queen who refused to dance in front of the King and his friends and was exiled from the kingdom.
Who is Vashti?
200
"We pray ONLY to the Almighty G-d."
What did Mordechai say when he refused to bow down to Haman?
200
The story of Purim takes place in this Persian city.
What is Shushan?
200
The number of mitzvot you are suppose to perform during Purim.
What is four?
300
The new Queen who was advised be her cousin not to reveal to the king that she was Jewish.
Who is Queen Esther?
300
Anyone who comes before the king and has not been summoned may be put to death.
What is the reason Queen Esther was afraid to go before the king?
300
1. Hear the Megillah Reading 2. Give out Shalach Manot bags 3. Give to the poor 4. Eat a festive meal on Purim day.
What are the 4 mitzvot of Purim?
300
127
How many countries did King Ahasuerus rule?
400
This scribe overheard a plot to kill the king and reported the plan so the king was saved.
Who was Mordechai?
400
The King and Haman
Who did Queen Esther invite to a feast?
400
You use this to drown out Haman's name during the reading of the Megillah.
What is a grogger? BONUS: What is the Hebrew name for a grogger?
400
The day in the month of Adar that Purim is celebrated?
What is the fourteenth day of Adar?
500
The king's chief advisor who told the king, "There is a certain people in your kingdom whose laws are different than ours and who do not obey the king's laws: It is not in your interest to tolerate them. If it please you, let an edict be drawn for their destruction & I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the treasury."
Who is Haman?
500
"If Your Majesty will do me the favor, and if it please Your Majesty, let my life be granted me as my wish, and my people as my request. For we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, massacred, and exterminated.
What did Esther's ask of the king?
500
Other name for the 'lots' that Haman used to determine the date the Jews of Persia should be destroyed?
What is Purim?
500
Zero
What is the number of times God is mentioned in the Megillah?
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