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Working-out with the queen. STORY TIME. Queen Hadassah (Esther) The most joyous festival: It is a rabbinic command to make a noise, do silly things and drink alcohol on this day. A day for dressing up and having dramas. Reading the Megillah (with groggers and handkerchiefs).
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STORY TIME • Queen Hadassah (Esther) • The most joyous festival: It is a rabbinic command to make a noise, do silly things and drink alcohol on this day. • A day for dressing up and having dramas. • Reading the Megillah (with groggers and handkerchiefs)
Enter the Queen • 2:17 The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Fit for a king • Before Esther (or any other woman) could enter the king’s presence, she first had to go through a one year long “beauty school” (2:12) • What would be part of the curriculum of a beauty school for potential queens?
X-ercise • In order to approach the King, Esther needed to look pleasing to him. • What do we need to be pleasing to our KING?
Hebrew School • Hebrew is based on consonants • Words with the same consonants are closely related … they come from the same root. • E.g. aDoM = red aDaMa = soil aDaM = human being
Word Games • The Hebrew word for exercise is: iMuN. • The word eMuN means … • FAITH
Faith pleases the Father • “He (Abraham) had faith in the L-RD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.” (Gen. 15:6) • We cannot see The King if we don’t have faith.
123-123-123-123-123-123… • Having faith is like working-out … • It takes effort. • It takes time. • It gets messy. • Most of all … It pays off! You get to marry the KING and vanquish your enemies!