4. Hey, Hadassah/Esther, whatever your name is now… I just heard some dudes talking about killing the King! You need to tell him! There is an opinion in the Talmud that she was his wife, not (only) his adopted daughter. This is based on the reading of the Hebrew word “bas” (daughter) as “bayis” (house): bayis means a wife in Talmudic terminology.

6. Hey….you…bow down to me. Hmm….Haman tells me that there are those out there who refuse the law, I’ll let him take care of it… Um…how about no.

11. [Mordecai instructed them] to observe them as days of feasting and gladness, and sending delicacies to one another, and gifts to the poor” (9:22).

14. McMahon, Arthur. "Esther." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 8 Sept. 2010 The Holy Bible, King James Version. New York: American Bible Society: 1999; Bartleby.com, 2000. Web. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/world/mi ddleeast/30worm.html?pagewanted=all