וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר הָמָ֜ן לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ וּלְכָל־אֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ חֲכָמָ֜יו וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אִ֣ם מִזֶּ֣רַע הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים מָרְדֳּכַ֞י אֲשֶׁר֩ הַחִלּ֨וֹתָ לִנְפֹּ֤ל לְפָנָיו֙ לֹא־תוּכַ֣ל ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־נָפ֥וֹל תִּפּ֖וֹל לְפָנָֽיו׃
Lalu Haman menceritakan kepada Zeresh, istrinya, dan kepada semua sahabatnya segala sesuatu yang telah menimpanya. Kemudian orang-orang bijaknya dan Zeresh, istrinya, berkata kepadanya: “Jika Mordekhai, yang di hadapannya engkau sudah mulai jatuh, adalah keturunan orang Yahudi, engkau tidak akan dapat mengalahkannya. Sebaliknya, engkau pasti akan jatuh di hadapannya.”
Megillah
“And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends” etc (Esther 6:13). They are first called “his friends” and then they are called “his wise men.” R. Yohanan said: Whoever says a wise thing even among the nations of the world is called “wise.”
Megillah
“If Mordecai be of the seed of the Judah.” They said to him: If he comes from the other tribes, you could prevail over him, but if he is from the tribe of Judah or of Benjamin, Ephraim or Manasseh, you will not prevail over him. “Judah” as it is written, “Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies” (Genesis 49:8). The others, because it is written of them, “Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your might” (Psalms 80:3).
Megillah
“But falling you shall fall.” (Esther 6:14). Judah b. Ila’i expounded Why are two fallings mentioned here? Haman’s friends said to him: This people is compared to the dust and it is compared to the stars. When they go down, they go down to the dust, and when they rise they rise to the stars.