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Aert de Gelder: Esther at Her Toilet

Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus

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Understanding the story of Purim

Understanding the story of Purim

Purim commemorates the survival of a Jewish community marked for death in ancient...

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Aert de Gelder: Esther at Her Toilet

Aert de Gelder: Esther at Her Toilet

Esther at Her Toilet, oil on canvas by Aert de Gelder, c. 1684; in a private...

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Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus

Gustave Doré: illustration of Esther and Ahasuerus

Esther in the presence of the Persian king Ahasuerus, illustration by Gustave Doré,...

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