Replying to @jewsinpersia
It reached our village today. Nobody’s eating.
A Jewish villager in the provinces
@jew.provinces · 5 posts
Heard it all when the couriers arrived.
A Jewish farmer in a village far from Susa. Everything reached us late, by courier: first Haman’s order, then Mordecai’s. The Bible doesn’t name me.
A village in the provinces of PersiaFirst seen Esther 4:3
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The new order just got to our village. Feasting, celebrating, everybody’s out.
Fourteenth of Adar. We’re resting. Feasting. Sending food round to each other.
Replying to @jew.provinces
So which day is it?
Replying to @mordecai
Both, then.