Queen Esther

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Queen Esther whose name was originally Hadassah is a woman from the Book of Esther. She was the cousin and ward of Mordechai and was married to Ahaseurus. Mordechai warned her to keep the fact she was a Jew a secret and she did until she found out from Mordechai about Haman’s plan to kill all Jews so she told Ahaseurus the truth about her religion to try to stop Haman.