Hasidut untuk Ester 9:4

כִּֽי־גָ֤דוֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְשָׁמְע֖וֹ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּכָל־הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת כִּֽי־הָאִ֥ישׁ מָרְדֳּכַ֖י הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְגָדֽוֹל׃ (פ)

Sebab Mordekhai telah menjadi orang besar di istana raja, dan kemasyhurannya tersebar ke seluruh daerah, karena Mordekhai itu makin lama makin besar.

Mei HaShiloach

"Your heads, your tribal leaders, your elders, and your officers, every person in Israel, your babies, your wives and the ger that is inside your camp, from your woodcutter to your water drawer" Behold it is stated here ten levels, five corresponding to five. And all are as one, included in Israel. Your heads, that is, your wise ones, they correspond to your babies, since taf (baby) comes from the word tipah (drop) that is, one can only find in them a little awareness, and therefore, if one mistake is induced in a person with little awareness that reaches also to the head [of the people], since even in the baby there is a little awareness that comes from the head. "Your tribal leaders", that is, the expansion of the self, since in the root of Yaakov our father, peace be upon him, all Israel is concealed, and they were then one soul, then when they separated into tribes then they expanded into different souls in different generations, and this corresponds to "your wives" since the expansion happen through birth, since when the child is concealed and included in the soul of the parents, there is no expansion possible, only once the child is born then s/he begins to expand. "Your elders" those are the ones who acquired wisdom, and this corresponds to "your ger" - since as many new understanding of the words of Torah that happen in Israel, as many gerim come and join themselves to the people of Israel, since as they join through words of Torah they will come to greater expansion, and so the holiness of Israel expands even in the sould of the other peoples, and they come into Israel. "Your officers" that is, those who have awe, and they correspond to "your woodcutters", since "cutter" comes from anger, and about this the Holy One of Blessing affirms that in every anger present in Israel there is awe. "Every person in Israel" symbolizes the trait of love, and this corresponds to "your water drawer", since water is a symbol of desire, as we know from many places, and all desire and love of Israel is towards the Holy One of Blessing.
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