Mordecai responds to Haman’s decree to destroy the Jews with sackcloth and ashes. Esther 4:1 When Mordecai learned about all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on burlap and ashes, and went out into the city, crying with a loud and bitter wail.[1] Sackcloth was a burlap-like fabric made from black goat’s …
