Amazing Purim Artifacts: Ahasuerus' Drinking Cup and Haman's Pur (Lottery)

Last week we celebrated Purim, the merriest holiday in the Jewish calendar. As we read Megillat Esther, did we really know what the golden drinking vessels used at King Ahasuerus' party looked like? And what did the "pur", the lottery used by Haman look like?

Rabbi Mordechai Becher, an instructor at Yeshiva University, found the answers in the British Museum in London and in the National Museum of Iran. In this video posted last week by Aish.com, the leading Jewish content website, he shows us replicas of these ancient artifacts.

Enjoy!

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