에스더 5:12 해설: Tze'enah Ure'enah

“Esther did not bring” [5:12]. Haman said to his friends. She has invited nobody except for me to the banquet. Here one asks a question. Why does he have to say at length, she has invited nobody except for me? He could have said briefly, the queen invited me to the banquet. The explanation is, Haman said: because Esther invited nobody else except for me and not Mordecai. Therefore, I am not afraid that Mordecai raised Esther. Haman said: I have great anguish when I see Mordecai sitting in the king’s gate and my great wealth does not help me. My bile overflows when I see Mordecai. His wife said: make a gallows fifty cubits high and let Mordecai be hanged tomorrow morning. Here one asks a question. What does it help that it was fifty ells high? Furthermore, why did they not let him be hanged where other people were hanged? The answer is that they wanted to give him some advice that he should become healthy again, because his bile had overflowed. Therefore, they said: if Mordecai would be hanged from the gallows outside the city, Haman would not be cured. He would not see the gallows and he would not have any joy. One could not make a gallows in the city since it would not be approved. All the dead animals must be taken fifty cubits from the city. Therefore, his wife said: make a gallows of fifty cubits and you will be able to see Mordecai wherever you are in the city. Thus, go early in the morning, before the banquet will be ready and let him be hanged. You will see him when you will eat at the banquet and you will leave the banquet happy and you will remain happy when you will see Mordecai hanging.