Tanach
Esther 8:3-6 אסתר ח׳:ג׳-ו׳
Part of: Chapter 8
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וַתּוֹסֶף אֶסְתֵּר וַתְּדַבֵּר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַתִּפֹּל לִפְנֵי רַגְלָיו וַתֵּבְךְּ וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־לוֹ לְהַֽעֲבִיר אֶת־רָעַת הָמָן הָֽאֲגָגִי וְאֵת מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁב עַל־הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
Esther spoke again before the king. She threw herself at his feet and wept, and pleaded with him to divert the evil decree of Haman the Agagite; and his scheme which he had devised against the Yehudim.
Esther spoke again before the king. She threw herself at his feet and wept, and pleaded with him to divert the evil decree of Haman the Agagite; and his scheme which he had devised against the Yehudim.
Rashi
וַיּוֹשֶׁט הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר אֵת שַׁרְבִט הַזָּהָב וַתָּקׇם אֶסְתֵּר וַֽתַּעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
The king extended the golden sceptre towards Esther. Esther rose, and stood before the king.
The king extended the golden sceptre towards Esther. Esther rose, and stood before the king.
וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב וְאִם־מָצָאתִי חֵן לְפָנָיו וְכָשֵׁר הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְטוֹבָה אֲנִי בְּעֵינָיו יִכָּתֵב לְהָשִׁיב אֶת־הַסְּפָרִים מַחֲשֶׁבֶת הָמָן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי אֲשֶׁר כָּתַב לְאַבֵּד אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בְּכׇל־מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
She said, “If his majesty deems it proper, and if I have gained favor before him, and the matter seems fitting before his majesty, and I am pleasing in his eyes; then let a writ be issued rescinding the documents conceived by Haman, the son of Hamdasa, the Agagite, that he wrote ordering the annihilation of the Yehudim who reside in all the providence of the king.
She said, “If his majesty deems it proper, and if I have gained favor before him, and the matter seems fitting before his majesty, and I am pleasing in his eyes; then let a writ be issued rescinding the documents conceived by Haman, the son of Hamdasa, the Agagite, that he wrote ordering the annihilation of the Yehudim who reside in all the providence of the king.
כִּי אֵיכָכָה אוּכַל וְֽרָאִיתִי בָּרָעָה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָא אֶת־עַמִּי וְאֵֽיכָכָה אוּכַל וְֽרָאִיתִי בְּאׇבְדַן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ {ס}
For how can I possibly look on while catastrophe befalls my people? And how can I possibly look on while my heritage is annihilated?
For how can I possibly look on while catastrophe befalls my people? And how can I possibly look on while my heritage is annihilated?
להעביר את רעת המן. שלא תתקיים עצתו הרעה:
To divert the evil decree of Haman. That his evil plan should not be realized.