This Book is in Russian. THE BOOK OF ESTHER RETOLD - SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, YET CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL Purim is the happiest and liveliest holiday in the Jewish calendar, celebrating the rescue of the Jews in Persia at the time of King Xerxes (Hebrew: Ahasuerus) in 450 BC. By drawing a lot (Persian: Pur), evil Haman, a minister to the king, had decided on a day on which to wipe out the whole Jewish community in Persia at once. Nothing short of a miracle, the Jewish queen Esther was able to save her people from this horrible fate. This e-book retells this story; suitable for children yet close...