Commentary for Megillah 30:15
רבי יהושע בן קרחה אומר אסביר לו פנים כדי שיהרג הוא והיא רבן גמליאל אומר מלך הפכפכן היה אמר רבי גמליאל עדיין צריכין אנו למודעי דתניא ר' אליעזר המודעי אומר קנאתו במלך קנאתו בשרים
R. Joshua b. Korha said: [She said], I will encourage him so that he may be killed, both he and I. Rabban Gamaliel said: [She said; Ashvesosh] is a flip flopping king. R. Gamaliel said: We still require the Modai, as it has been taught: R. Eliezer of Modiin says, She made the king jealous of him and she made the princes jealous of him..
Rashi on Megillah
So that both he and she would be killed: That the king should suspect me [of consorting with Haman] and he kill both of us. [A different version: And if they issued a decree and one of them died, the decree becomes nullified.] He was a fickle king and he would change his word. She said, "Maybe I can seduce [the king] and kill [Haman]. But if he is not on hand, the time will pass and he will reverse himself."
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