The Kiever Synagogue

WELCOME!

Adam Cohen

פרק אChapter 1

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast...one hundred and eighty days. (1:3-4)

Tim Benveniste

There were hangings of white cotton and blue wool, caught up by cords of fine linen and purple wool to silver rods and alabaster columns... (1:6)

Ben Sharpe

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded...to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was handsome in appearance. (1:10-11)

Pat Braudo

But queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king... (1:12)

Louise Smith & Lauren Stein

פרק בChapter 2

Megillah Flag, Cyrus Sarfaty

There was a certain Jew in Shushan the capital, whose name was Mordechai... And he had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle... (2:5-7) Ellon Cheran

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour before him... (2:17) Susan Lee

פרק גChapter 3

And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bent the knee and prostrated themselves to Haman...but Mordechai bent not the knee nor prostrated himself. (3:2)

Erik Jorgensen

...Pur—which means “the lot”—was cast before Haman concerning every day and every month, until it fell on the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar... on the thirteenth day... (3:7, 13) Aaron Levy

Then were called the king’s scribes...and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded...in the name of king Ahashveirosh was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s signet-ring. 3:12 Zak Lee

פרק דChapter 4

Haman, Eitan Garfin Udaskin

Esther sleeps in the palace. The king sits upon his throne. Haman plans to destroy the Jews. Elie Levy Kramer

Go, assemble together all the Jews who are

now present in Shushan, and fast for

me, so that you neither eat nor drink

three days, either night or day; also I

with my maidens will fast in like manner...

(4:16)

Sharoni Sibony

פרק הChapter 5

The king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand; and Esther drew near and touched the top of the sceptre. (5:2)

Eitan Garfin Udaskin

Carrots at Queen Esther’s Banquet, Faris Lee

And Esther said: If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet which I have prepared for him. (5:4)

Eleven scoops of ice cream at Queen Esther’s banquet.

Cyrus Sarfaty

פרק וChapter 6

Eitan Garfin Udaskin

Haman therefore said to the king: The man whom the king desires to honour—Let them bring a royal apparel which the king has worn, and a horse which the king has ridden, and let there be placed a royal crown on his head. (6:7-8)

Elie Levy Kramer

And Haman then took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordechai, and caused him to ride through the streets of the city... (6:11)

And Mordechai thereupon returned to

the king’s gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and

having his head covered. (6:12)

Haman’s Head, Cyrus Sarfaty

פרק זChapter 7

And the king came with Haman to drink with Esther the queen. (7:1)

Jason Plaks

Then answered Esther the queen and said: If I have found grace in your eyes, O King! And if it be pleasing unto the king, let my life be given at my petition, and my people at my request. (7:3)

Pat Braudo

Ellon Cheran

And Esther said: An adversary, and an enemy, this wicked Haman. (7:6)

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordechai... (7:10) Sharoni Sibony & Simona Neufeld

פרק חChapter 8

Haman, Emmett Forzley

And he wrote in the name of king Ahashveirosh, and sealed it with the king’s signet-ring... (8:10)

Max Chaudhry

And Mordechai went out from the presence of the king in a royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold... (8:15)

Anjani Cheran

פרק טChapter 9

Persian Landscape, Shana Albo

Haman, Anjani Cheran

...And the month was changed unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a feast-day; to make them days of entertainment and joy, and of sending portions one to the other, and gifts to the needy. (9:22)Simona Neufeld

פרק יChapter 10

Lauren Stein

Shoshanat Ya`akov – The Lily of Jacob

The lily of Jacob rejoiced and was glad,

When together, they saw Mordechai robed in royal blue.

You have been their eternal salvation, their hope in every generation;

To make known that all who hope in You will not be put to shame,

All who trust in You will never be humiliated.

Cursed be Haman who sought to destroy me.

Blessed be Mordechai the Jew.

Cursed be Zeresh, wife of him who terrified me.

Blessed be Esther whose actions saved me.

Cursed be all the wicked; blessed be all Israel.

And may Harvonah, too, be remembered for good.

Translation adapted from Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, The Koren Siddur Hannah Goldstein

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