Purim People
Ruled over 127 provinces.
Who is King Ahasuerus?
A 3 cornered hat named for this pastry.
What is hamantaschen?
The Hebrew month Purim is celebrated.
What is Adar
The girl who went from rags to riches.
Who is Esther?
Great celebrations took place here.
What is Shushan Palace?
Devised a sinister plot to exterminate Mordecai along with every Jew in Persia.
Who is Haman?
The wife of Haman.
Who is Zeresh?
The man who issued decrees.
Who is King Ahasuerus?
The cousin of Esther.
Who is Mordecai?
This ancient kingdom stretching from India to Ethiopia.
What is Media Persia?
The king asked seven eunuchs to bring this person to him.
Who is Vashti?
The height of the gallows in which Haman ordered.
What is 75 feet?
The lottery resorted by Haman was determined by.
What is casting lots or throwing dice?
The Hebrew name of Esther.
What is Hadassah?
The number of provinces in the 3rd year reign of King Ahasuerus.
What is 127 provinces?
Two guards at the palace gate became angry at the king and plotted to assassinate him.
Who is Bigthan and Teresh?
Lead the king's noble royal robe, crown and horse through the streets of the city.
Who is Haman?
Derived from the Yiddish megile which comes from the Hebrew word megillah meaning.
What is scroll or volume?
Babylonian goddess name of Esther.
What is Ishtar?
A generation of Jews adopted into the Persian Empire were born and raised where?
What is Babylon?
The eunuch who was in charge of all the young ladies and their beauty treatments.
Who is Hegai?
" If it please your Majesty, let the Jews who are here at Shushan do again tomorrow as they have done today...."
What is "Let Haman's 10 sons be hanged upon the gallows."?
The Book of Esther is grouped together with other biblical books.
What is the 5 scrolls or 5 Megillot?
King Ahasuerus repeats this offer of anything to Esther.
What is "up to half of the Kingdom"?
Persia is essentially synonymous with this modern-day country.
What is Iran?