Book of Esther - Megillah Esther [Hebrew & English] - Hardcoverby Sages Of the Great Assembly Mordechai (Author), Itzhak Hoki Aboudi (Editor) About 2400 years ago. About 70 years after the first temple was destroyed. The people of Israel lived in exile, in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, from India to Cush. Those in the know, know that there is a promise that the exile will come to an end when the 70 years have passed. Most Jews lived a normal life, worked, shopped, and went to Ahasuerus' feast. They are all immersed