The Story of Purim

Graphic Account of the Joyous Festiva

oUR STORY BEGINS IN THE LAND OF PERSIA ANDMEDIA,
WHERE ITS RULER ,AHASUERUS, PROCLAIMED THATA
BANQUET BE GIVEN FOR ALL THE COURT NOTABLES—.

THE KING R •VESTED VASHTI, HIS QUEEN TO
PERFORM 'BEFORE H16 GUESTS, 60 THEY
MIGHT BEE HER RARE BEAUTY....

IMMEDIATELY, AHASUERUS BENT THROUGHOUT
H15 LAND FOR A WOMAN TO REPLACE THE
FORMER QUEEN....

....BUT SHE BLUNTLY REFUSED AND WAS
BANISHED FROM THE KINGDOM ....

;,..FINALLY, SOMEONE WAS SELECTED- BUT
UNKNOWN TO THE MI6H7 44 RULER SHE WAS A
JEWESS AND RELATIVE OF MORDECAI ....

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(tin- HE

FA LvrAPPONTED HAMAN TO THE
HIGHEST OFFICE OFTHE LAND—.

AND TRUE TO HIS CHARACTER, HAMAN
PROCLAIMED THAT EVERYONE WAS TO
BOW DOWN TO HIM....

GREATLY ANGERED, HAMAN OBTAINED THE
KING'S PERMISSION TO HAVE ALL THE JEWS
IN THE EMPIRE WIPED OUT....

.... HER NAME WAS -ESTHER ....

THEN TO DECIDE WHEN THE EXECUTION WAB
TO Be, HAMAN CAST LOTS • ... AND THE
THIRTEENTH AW OFADAR WA5 CHOSEN....

FTER
BANISHING
QUEEN
VASHTI
FOR DIS-
OBEDIENCE,

AHASUERUS
CHOSE A

JEWESS,
ESTHER,
TO

5UCCEED
HER ....

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c LOTS

—BUT MORDECAI, THEJEW, REFUSED!!

AFTER
mORDECAI
REFUSED TO
BOW BEFORE
HAMAN,
A MASS
EXECUTION
OF THE
JEWS WA5
ARRANGED
TO BE
HELD ON
THE 13TH
DAY OF
ADAR.-.

A" /LIP
FEAru.e.E

50 MORDECAI WENT TOrL"SEN E 4THER
AND ASKED IF SHE MIGHT HELF '1
ASKING AHASUERUS TO STOPTHIS....

...I3UT THE QUEEN HESITATED, FOR
AHASUERUS Dip NOT KNOW THAT HIS
QUEEN WAS A JEWESS.—

FINALLY, SHE GATHERED ENOUGH COURAGE
AND TOLD AHASUERUS.—

BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP THE DAV -
OF EXECUTION.... SO THE KING PROCLAIMED
-
THAT THE JEWS BE PERMITTED TO
PRC7TECT THEMSELVES.... •

TO CELEBRATE THE FOLLOWING DAY....

...AND TO THIS DAY WE CELEBRATE THE FOUR-
TEENTH OP AMR TO COMMEMORATE A

-.AND THE KING ANGRILY ORDERED
HAMAN TO BE HANGED....

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AND THEJEW5 0/0 PROTECT THEMSELVES
—50 WELL, IN FACT, THAT THEY WERE ABLE

NAPPY PURIM /At

-DAMN

BY HENRY LEONARD

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