November 10, 2000 • Page Image 29
…MAKING THIS A attempt to kill all the Jews in the Persian Empire and she sends one of her attendants, Hathach, to her relative Mordecai to learn ma ze Val ma ze "what is this and why is this"? The Jews enjoyed freedom and liberty in the Persian Empire. There was no appar- ent anti-Jewish prejudice. The king had mar- ried a Jewish woman and did not even exam- ine her lineage. Mordecai was in an apparent high political position. But the threat ...…

















































