Megillat Esther – Part 3

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• The last Megillat Esther lesson before Purim, summing up themes of the Megillah and given on the day before the Fast of Esther.
• The Fast of Esther (Ta’anit Esther) is explained as marking the day of Haman’s decree and the 13th of Adar, not the three-day fast Esther requested.
• Haman’s offer to the king of money so that the loss of the Jewish people would not be felt.
• A story from the Midrash about Mordechai meeting three schoolchildren after the decree, and their cries going up to heaven.

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