Commentary for Megillah 26:4
אמר לה ומאי רמיותא אמרה ליה אית לי אחתא דקשישא מינאי ולא מנסיב לי מקמה מסר לה סימנים
He said to her: What is his trickery? She replied: I have a sister older than me, and he will not let me marry before her. So he gave her certain tokens.
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He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous: He places His eyes upon the act of the righteous, to pay them back, measure for measure, even in much time.
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She merited that Shaul should descend from her: As he was modest.
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He merited that Esther should descend from him: Mordechai' ancestry is established in the Targum to the Scroll [of Esther], and it makes him the tenth [generation] from Shaul, and [then further back] from Shaul to Binyamin. And it is written (Esther 2:7), "that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter." But he has no other proof from the verses that she descended from Shaul.
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She gave them to Leah. And that is modesty, that she did not publicize that she gave her the distinguishing signs.
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As it is stated, "He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous: And the end of the verse (Job 36:7) is, "He establishes them forever, and they are exalted" - and that is greatness for [all] the generations.
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But if he becomes arrogant, etc.: Hence the verses are adjacent - "He establishes them forever, and they are exalted"; and "And if they are bound in chains" (Job 36:8): Because they raise themselves, they come to poverty and afflictions.
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And immerse due to cleanliness, such that she should not be disgusting to the righteous one from the semen of Ahasuerus.
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And immerse and sit in the lap of Mordecai: But perhaps you will say, "Behold there was no distinction of three months (an interval to determine the paternity of a child). As behold, that evil man was found with her every day." But it can be said (answered) that she would have intercourse with a sponge [as birth control].
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A master with his servants: "And Pharaoh was enraged at his two officials" (Genesis 40:2).
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The language of Tarsi: It is the name of a place.
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We have not slept: Since she was beloved to him, he would engage in much intercourse, and get thirsty to [want to] drink.
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My post and your post: Your are appointed over one job and I am appointed over a different job.
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We (follow) teach this version - After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, etc.: This is written after [the story of] Bigtan and Teresh.
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And the [Talmud] asks, "After what": What is Scripture testifying to, such that he promoted [Haman] only after this story occurred.
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After the Holy One, Blessed be He, created a remedy for the blow, which would come in the future, after a time.
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"When I would have healed Israel": And afterwards, "the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered," through the blow that I will bring upon them.
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"They cast a pur": And what is a pur? "It is a lottery [...] concerning each day" - on which day the lottery will land. And likewise, "concerning each month." And he cast the lottery for all of them on one day; and the lottery landed on one day.
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Moshe died on the seventh of Adar: As it is stated (Joshua 4:19), "And the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month (Nissan)." Remove from them thirty days backwards for the mourning for Moshe; and three days that they prepared provisions for themselves. As it is stated (Joshua 1:11), "Prepare provisions for yourselves, for in another three days you are to cross, etc." Hence Moshe died on the seventh of Adar.
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And he was born on the seventh of Adar: As it is written (Deuteronomy 31:2), "A hundred and twenty years old am I today" - today completed my days and my years. The birth is worthy to atone for the death.
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There are rabbis among them: From Haman's answer, we learn that Ahasuerus answered him thus.
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I am making a bald spot in your kingdom: Since one country is full of them.
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A province A small state.
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Nor do they marry from our women.
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Nor do they keep the king’s laws: They do not remit the labor tax, duties, head taxes and crop taxes.
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They spend the entire year with Shehi Pehi: [An abbreviation for:] It is Shabbat today; it is Pesach today, and we are forbidden to work.
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It does not profit: It is not fit; so there is no concern [that would warrant] leaving them.
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We makes an announcement: The court [announces] that they should bring their shekel-coins to the Temple.
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And about diverse kinds: As the seeds have grown a little and the bud is recognizable. So they uproot them from their fields with the announcement of the court.
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The silver is given to you: The numerical equivalent (gematria) of, the silver, comes to [the same as for), the tree. This hinted to him that he would be hung upon it.
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