Mordecai and Esther lived as Jewish exiles in that Persian capital, where they probably had to deal with a measure of disdain over their religion and the Law they tried to follow.
مُرْدِخای و اِسْتَر تبعیدیان یهودی‌ای بودند که در شوش ،‏ پایتخت پارس به سر می‌بردند .‏