Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Megillah 26:16

ישנו עם אחד אמר רבא ליכא דידע לישנא בישא כהמן אמר ליה תא ניכלינהו אמר ליה מסתפינא מאלהיו דלא ליעביד בי כדעבד בקמאי אמר ליה ישנו מן המצות

"There is one people..." Rava said: There is no one who knows the language of wickedness like Haman. [Haman] said to him, "Come, let us finish them off." [Ahashverosh] said to him, "I am afraid of their God, that He does not serve me as he served my predecessors." [Haman] said to him, "They have been lazy regarding the commandments."

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