Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Megillah 26:14

ויבז בעיניו לשלוח יד במרדכי לבדו אמר רבא בתחילה במרדכי לבדו ולבסוף בעם מרדכי ומנו רבנן ולבסוף בכל היהודים

“But it seemed contemptible in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone” (Esther 3:6). At first he [wanted to lay hands] “on Mordecai alone,” then at “the people of Mordecai” — and who are these? The Rabbis; and finally at “all the Jews.”

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