Becoming Queen Esther

The eponymous heroine of Megillas Esther never sought attention for herself until she had to step up and act for the sake of her people. She certainly is one who had greatness thrust upon her, and she rose to the occasion. After preparing with fasting and prayer (5:3), she didn't merely don royal robes but royalty itself, when she came, unsummoned, to face the king. Her reward was adding a book to the canon of TaaNaCh named in her honor that is read twice every year. And we established the holiday of Purim. Thus the Jews established a celebration of a great woman's achievement 2,000 years before International Women's Day was a thing.



Purim posts from previous years:
http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2016/03/purim-countering-confusion-of.html

http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2015/03/good-will-and-good-works-on-purim.html

http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2015/03/purim-when-we-were-all-heroes.html


http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2008/03/thoughts-on-mishloach-manos.html

http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-justice-as-sign-of-divine.html

Kreplach recipe at http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2015/09/kreplach-recipe.html