The Purim Story

Hey there, it's me de Hamash. Today we're going on a super special journey into history straight into the palace of King Akashro in ancient Persia. Here we are in Aasher's big palace in the city of Shushan. He's throwing a huge party. [music] Everyone's been eating, laughing, and enjoying themselves for 180 days. He even hosted another small party [music] just for Shushan that lasted another week. At the same time [music] in the woman's quarters, Queen Vashi has also been hosting her own party just for the ladies. But on the last day, when the king tells his queen Vashi to come show off her beauty, she absolutely refuses. The king gets furious. How dare she disobey the king. He gets up and orders her out of the palace. Now the [music] king meets a new queen. All the young woman in the land come to the palace. Among them is a [music] kind, brave girl named Esther. Esther is chosen to be the new queen, but sh's keeping a [music] huge secret. She's Jewish. A little while later, Morai, [music] Esther's cousin, is sitting at the palace gate. He overhears two of the king's officers planning to kill the king. She can't let [music] this happen. He ran to tell Queen Esther, and he saves the king's life. The king had [music] his guards write down in the royal book to reward Morai. Soon, [music] a new official named Hammon becomes the king's top advisor. Hammon is evil [music] and wants everyone to bow down to him. But Mortifi always refuses. He won't bow down because he says he only bows down [music] to Hashem. This makes Hammon so mad that he convinced [music] the king into saying that all Jews should be destroyed. A terrible decree goes out to every land in the [music] kingdom. The Jews are in terrible danger. What are we going to do? When Mortify [music] hears the news, he runs to the palace and tells Esther what's happening. How can she be of help? Going to the king without being called could get her in massive trouble. She agrees to go to King Aashro without permission, but asks [music] Morphe to tell all the Jews to dive into Hashem. Mortify also gathers the Jewish children and learns Torah with them. Did you hear that? Mortify is gathering 22,000 Jewish [music] children to learn Torah to help save the queen's life. That just shows [music] how special it is when you learn Torah. Anyways, Queen Esther is heading to the king [music] now. The domining and Torah sure did help. King Akash puts out his royal scepter and asks the queen what's her request. So she invites the king and Hammon to a feast [music] and of course the king agrees. At the feast, the queen is serving the most delicious [music] delicacies and King Aash and Hammon are certainly enjoying. She even invites him to a second feast. After [music] the party, King Aashiro is trying to fall asleep, but he just can't. He [music] tosses, turns, and fluffs his pillow. Nothing is working. So the king [music] asks his guard to read him the book of royal records. Maybe that will help. The servants start reading [music] and suddenly they read about Morai, the man who once saved the king's life. The king jumps up and says, "Wait a minute. Mortifi was never rewarded for that." [music] And you won't believe what happens next. Hmon had to pull Mortify on a horse around town while Mortify was dressed in all of the king's royal clothing. Oh boy, you should just see how embarrassed Han is. Straight from pulling Mortify on the horse, Hmon arrives at the second feast. This time the king turns to the queen and says, "This is the second feast you're [music] inviting us to. Will you tell us what's on your mind?" Suddenly, she stands up and points straight to [music] Hammon, telling the king the truth. She's Jewish, and Hammon was trying to destroy her people. She needed help. The king gets [music] mad at Hammon. He orders his guards to take him out right that minute. Together, Mordei and Esther saved all of the Jews. And just like that, the day [music] turns into a joyous happy day called Pim. To celebrate this special holiday, we do [music] four special mitzvo. Number one, we hear the migilla, the story of Pim two times. [music] Once at night and once by day. Oh, and don't forget to shake those grabers [music] when you hear the evil Hmon's name. Number two is called Matanote Leonim. [music] We give Tedaka to at least two people in need. Of course, you can always give more. Number three is Mishlo Manal. We give food baskets to [music] our friends. And while we're on the subject, it should be at least two different foods to one friend. And last but [music] not least is Misha. We have a delicious per feast with family and friends. Well, I guess that's it for today, [music] friends. It's been really super fun getting to know you. Thank you for joining me on this [music] fantastic journey through the story of PM and how we celebrate this special day. Wishing you and your family [music] a happy PUM. Until next time.