Surprise of the Day

Even today after 2500 years, the Jews celebrate a holiday feast dedicated to a former slave girl turned Queen

Book of Esther

Fact Of the Day

Jewish Esther arrived in Babylon as a little slave girl. A while later, Xerxes, king of Persia conquered Babylon, Egypt and many other smaller kingdoms. When he marched to conquer Greece, he had such a temper that, when a storm stopped his army’s advance, he ordered the sea beaten with 300 lashes.
So, when Queen Esther asked King Xerxes to spare her people from extinction, she had to admit she was a former Jewish slave. With all that against her, Xerxes honored her wish and saved the hated Jews.