Before rising to her most famous role, this woman bore a name meaning "Myrtle" which is now shared by the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
Before rising to her most famous role, this woman bore a name meaning "Myrtle" which is now shared by the Women's Zionist Organization of America. The daughter of Abihail, she was a resident of Susan (SOO-Sahn), to which her family emigrated in the time of Jechonias. After winning a beauty contest prompted by the refusal of Vashti to appear naked before the king and his advisor, she became Queen to King Ahasuerus of Persia, in which capacity she warned the king of Haman's plot to kill her uncle Mordecai and the rest of the Jews. FTP name this title character of an apocryphal book of the Bible, whose story is read from her namesake Megillah on Purim
Before rising to her most famous role, this woman bore a name meaning "Myrtle" which is now shared by the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
Esther