175 | Esther's intervention (ESTHER 5-7)

We're in the fifth century BCE, in the Persian capital city of Susa — called Shushan in the Hebrew text. Persia at this point is the largest empire the world had seen up to that point, stretching from what is now India in the east to Ethiopia in the south. The king rules 127 provinces, and his word is actual law — unrepealable, no exceptions. Inside this empire, a Jewish community is waiting to see if it will survive.Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZRPvU6TK8tjXgqzlO0pWtjrIPaT3nJ9/view?usp=sharing