Father was a Jewish Billionaire, wow so many seem to be of that flavor.

We talked about the story of Esther and King Xerxes and Haman this past week at church. Something that we talked about that really stuck out to me was the decree that King Xerxes allowed Mordecai to make, it seems blatantly obvious that decree is still in effect today..even though "we" have not attacked the Jews, per se, they are always able to be at war with everyone else.

10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies.

12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.