So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared. At the wine feast, the king asked Esther, "What is your wish? It shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half the kingdom, it shall be fulfilled." "My wish," replied Esther, "my requst -- if Your Majesty will do me the favor, if it please Your Majesty to grant my wish and accede to my request--let Your Majesty and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare for them; and tomorrow I will do Your Majesty's bidding." Esther 5:5-8. The Writings--Kethubim: A new translation of The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic text, Third Section, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1982. Collage of photocopied sketch; edited in IrfanView. Esther is really buttering them up! Now it's a wine feast. It must have been difficult for Esther to play hostess to Haman. You can dress him up for a party but he's still a twisted character. 
In Rembrandt's painting of the feast Esther held for Ahasuerus and Haman, it's not clear if this is the first feast or the first half of the second feast. If you don't know what I'm talking about, stay tuned. Finally, what is the difference between a wish and a request? Perhaps a request is the thing you ask for and a wish is the thing you are not even sure you can request.
In Rembrandt's painting of the feast Esther held for Ahasuerus and Haman, it's not clear if this is the first feast or the first half of the second feast. If you don't know what I'm talking about, stay tuned. Finally, what is the difference between a wish and a request? Perhaps a request is the thing you ask for and a wish is the thing you are not even sure you can request. This noisemaker is the squeaky thing inside a squeaky toy. The photo is hard to "read" and is more abstract than anything else.
~1.3" high
~1.3" high
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