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730 :A flower blossomed forth from a palm,
 * Hadassah rose to stir those who slept!
 * Her servants hastily brought Haman,
 * To make him drink the wine of poison,
 * He rose by wealth and sank by evil,
 * Being hanged on the gallows he made.
 * All the people of the world were agape
 * When Haman’s pur became our Purim.
 * The upright were saved from evil men;
 * The enemies were put in their place.
 * The Jews undertook to make Purim,
 * To rejoice each and every year.
 * Thou didst hear Mordecai and Esther;
 * Thou didst hang Haman and his sons.


 * The Jews of Shushan shouted for joy
 * When they all saw Mordecai robed in purple.
 * Thou hast ever been their salvation,
 * Their hope in every generation,
 * To show that all who hope in thee
 * Shall never be shamed nor confounded.
 * Cursed be Haman who sought to slay me;
 * Blessed be Mordecai the Judean!
 * Cursed be Zeresh, my menacer’s wife;
 * Blessed be Esther, my protectress!
 * Harbonah, too, be well remembered.