The Alliance for the Rights of All Minorities in Iran says that the powerful paramilitary force Basij tried to attack the historic site, which he called "revenge against President Trump's Israeli Palestinian peace plan".
The Iranian authorities are threatening to destroy the historic tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan City, 200 miles west of Tehran, to set up "a consular office for Palestine," said ARAM. , the Alliance for the Rights of All Minorities in Iran. in a Twitter message on Sunday.
The organization claims that members of the impressive Iranian paramilitary force Basij attempted to attack the historic site in what he described as an "act of revenge against President Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan".
"Esther and Mordechai were biblical Jewish heroes who saved their people from a massacre in a story called #Purim. His tomb was an important Jewish landmark for Jews and those interested in history around the world, "said ARAM.
In December 2010, Iranian protesters attempted to enter the complex because they feared that Israel could damage the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The Mausoleum of Esther and Mordechai (age unknown)
This site marks the traditional location of the tombs of Mordechai and Esther, two cousins who played a fundamental role in the book of Esther (also known as Megillah). The legend of Mordechai and Esther forms the basis of the Jewish celebration of Purim; Therefore, the place has a deep historical significance for Iranian Jews and the Jewish community around the world.
Mordechai and Esther lived under the rule of Ahasveros, a Persian king who also identified himself as Artaxerxes (perhaps Artaxerxes II., Who lived between 435 or 445 to 358 BC).
The book Esther reports that at a party in Shushan, the capital, Ahasveros asked his wife Vashti to show the gathered guests their beauty. She refuses and then withdraws her as queen. Then he orders to comb the provinces of the kingdom so that beautiful girls can be brought before him so that he can choose one as his new queen. Esther is one of the women she introduced, a girl raised by her cousin Mordechai. The king gladly chooses her as his queen.
Mordechai wins the favor in the king's eyes when he learns of a conspiracy to murder the king, but meets with resistance from Haman, a newly appointed prime minister. Mordechai becomes angry at Haman's refusal to obediently bow to him. When Haman discovers that Mordechai is a Jew, he plans to execute not only Mordechai, but all the Jews in the empire. Haman advises the king of his plan, who agrees with the decision, as he was not informed of Mordechai's ancestry. The king advances to Haman with payment for ten thousand talents, and Haman casts a spell to determine the day on which his plan will be carried out. It was installed on the 13th of the month of Adar.
Meanwhile, Esther and Mordechai learn of the conspiracy to exterminate their people. He asked all Jews in the empire to pray and fast with her for three days. The night after fasting, Ahasveros has trouble falling asleep and asks that the court records be read so that he can sleep better. It happens that one of the passages mentions Mordechai's earlier service to uncover the conspiracy against the king that Ahasveros knew nothing about.
Ahasveros asked in surprise whether Mordechai had been rewarded for his service and they said no. At that moment Haman enters the room and the king asks him what treatment a man should give the king he wants to honor. Haman believed he was and ordered the king to ride the man on a royal horse in royal robes while a herald praised him. To his shame, Haman is asked to offer this treatment to his enemy Mordechai.
Mordecai's earlier service to the king seems to tip the scales in his favor. Her cousin Esther explains her Jewish descent to the king for fear of her life and informs the king of the reasons why Hamadan developed his plan against the Jewish people. He furiously orders the execution of Hamadan in the same gallows that Hamadan had previously prepared for Mordechai. However, due to a special feature of Persian law, the previous edict against the Jews cannot be lifted. The king issues a second decree that allows the Jews to defend themselves at their own discretion.
When 13 Adar arrives, the Jews face their attackers without fear of official punishment. During the battle, Haman's ten sons were killed along with 500 other attackers. The next day, Mordechai was promoted and an annual commemoration of the event that became the Purim Festival was introduced.
It is not known whether the tomb of Mordechai and Esther is where they were buried. A parallel tradition is that their bodies were brought to Baram, a place that is currently in Israel for burial. In any case, the Hamadan site has been venerated for at least eight centuries. Iranian Jews traditionally go there to read Megillah for every Purim.
And now that we've talked about Purim, let's tell a brief Easter story:
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