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Vashti: In the first chapter of the Book of Esther, Quieen Vashti refuses to dance for the King and is banished. Long villainized, Vashti has been embraced by Jewish women as a contemporay feminist heroine.
Vidui: Confession. Recited on Yom Kippur, prior to one’s wedding, and on one's deathbed.