Talmud su Ester 6:12

³²This paragraph was added to the ms. by a corrector. While there is no logical necessity for the addition of this text, it is copied from a Yoma text, not from Berakhot. In Berakhot the quotes from Esther make sense, v. 6:11 preceding 6:12. The paragraph also is copied in Qonteros Aḥaron(Q, Chapter 1, Note 44; p. 311) which also quotes 6:12 before v 6:11. The text of Q is identical with that given here except that the Aramaic endings are ה not א; babylonized spelling is to be expected from all correctors.[Explanation³³Greek δήλωμα.: The great Rebbi Ḥiyya and Rebbi Simeon ben Halaphta were walking in the valley of Arbela before morning and saw “the morning hind” that started radiating. The great Rebbi Ḥiyya said to Rebbi Simeon ben Halaphta: Great man, so will be the deliverance of Israel; it starts out very small and grows and radiates as it goes on. What is the reason ³⁴Micha 7:8.When he³⁵In the biblical text: 1.shall dwell in darkness, the Eternal is my light. So also at the start ³⁶Esth. 2:21.Mordocai was sitting at the king’s gate.” After that ³⁷Esth.6:12.Mordocai returned to the king’s gate. After that ³⁸Esth.6:11.Haman took the garment and the horse. After that: ³⁹Esth. 8:15.Mordocai left the king’s presence in royal garb. After that: ⁴⁰Esth. 8:16.The Jews had light and joy.]

¹For a full discussion of what is prohibited to a mourner, cf. M.Ḳ. 15a, b and 21a, b (Sonc. ed., pp. 90ff, 133ff). The law is based on Ezek. 24, 17, 23 where the prophet is warned not to observe the usual rites of mourning. A mourner is forbidden to read the Pentateuch, Prophets and Hagiographa;²Because the study of the Torah is a joy. he is also forbidden to study Mishnah, Talmud, halakoth and ’aggadoth. He is under the prohibition to bathe, anoint [the body], put on sandals³These and covering the head are signs of mourning; cf. 2 Sam. 15, 30, Jer. 14, 3f, Esth. 6, 12. and cohabit. He is obliged to cover his head and overturn his couch.⁴Cf. M.Ḳ. 15a, b (Sonc. ed., p. 92): God says, ‘I have set the likeness of Mine image on them and through their sins have I upset it; let your couches be overturned on account thereof’. According to A. Marmorstein the rite served the purpose of warning the mourners against sexual intercourse which is forbidden in the days of mourning; cf. j.Ber. III, 1, 6a.
It is related of Rabban Gamaliel⁵Cf. Ber. 16b (Sonc. ed., p. 96). that when his wife died he bathed on the first night. His disciples said to him, ‘Master, have you not taught us that a mourner is forbidden to bathe?’ He replied, ‘I am not like other men, I am delicate’.