פּירוש אויף אסתר 8:3

To divert the evil decree of Haman. That his evil plan should not be realized.

“Esther spoke again” [8:3]. Esther spoke again and she fell before the king and pleaded with him to prevent the evil decrees of Haman. Here one asks a question. Why did Esther fall and plead, since Haman had already been hanged? The answer is that Esther feared that Ahasuerus would not protect the Jews because he had already given Haman’s house and the ring to Mordecai. Therefore, Esther fell and pleaded before the king. One asks another question. Scripture says, to avert Haman’s evil and it says again, to avert his thoughts. The answer is that Haman wrote the first letter to the ordinary judges and officials, that they should be prepared for a war on the thirteenth day of Adar and did not write with whom the war will be. Haman wrote another letter informing the important ministers that they should be prepared to fight a war against the Jews.