Haman

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  1. Haman's Advisors: Fate vs. Divine Providence

    Prof. Jonathan Grossman

    Haman is described "hastening (nidchaf) to his house, mourning, and with his head covered." The description is reminiscent of Uziah's Zara'at, and David's running from Avshalom. Haman and his advisers have a deterministic worldview, whereby if Haman began to falter, he must ultimately fall. The book presents a contrary viewpoint that God can change reality.

  2. Esther and the Book of Joshua

    Prof. Jonathan Grossman

    The protagonists of the Book of Esther are described in similar terms as the protagonists of the Book of Joshua. This comparison places the story in perspective: every achievement is a story of survival, and even after being saved, the Jews of Shushan remain exiled.

  3. The Golden Idol

    Part 1

    Rabbi Yaakov Medan

    In order to override the conclusion of his dream regarding the transience of the Babylonian kingdom, Nevukhadnetzar constructs a golden idol. He believes that if all bow down to the idol, he will eternalize the Babylonian kingdom. The refusal of only three Jews is thus viewed as a threat to this plan, just as Mordekhai’s refusal to bow to Haman was viewed as a threat. Their refusal to bow to the idol leads them to be cast into the fiery furnace just as Avraham was cast into the furnace of Nimrod many years earlier according to the Sages. The first king of Babylon, Nimrod, and his tower that rose to the heavens, are compared to Nevukhadnetzar, the current king, and his gold idol that rose sixty cubits high.

  4. Yosef's Brothers and Haman

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Amalek and Esther

    Elisheva Brauner

  6. Haman Min HaTorah Minayin: The Tree of Knowledge and Megillat Esther

    Rabbi David Fohrman

    תאריך פרסום: 2023 | | Hour and 10 minutes

    By examining the stories of the Garden of Eden and Megilat Esther, we discover multiple parallels between them, and if we compare the two, we can understand the character of Haman and the role of the Tree of Knowledge on a deeper level.