Tanach
Esther 9:29-32 אסתר ט׳:כ״ט-ל״ב
Part of: Chapter 9
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וַתִּכְתֹּב אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה בַת־אֲבִיחַיִל וּמׇרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי אֶת־כׇּל־תֹּקֶף לְקַיֵּם אֵת אִגֶּרֶת הַפֻּרִים הַזֹּאת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃
Queen Esther, daughter of Avichail, wrote together with Mordechai the Yehudi, with all the power [of their position] confirming this Purim letter a second time.
Queen Esther, daughter of Avichail, wrote together with Mordechai the Yehudi, with all the power [of their position] confirming this Purim letter a second time.
Rashi
השנית. לשנה השנייה חזרו ושלחו ספרים שיעשו פורים:
A second time. In the second year they again sent letters that they should celebrate Purim.
וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים אֶל־כׇּל־הַיְּהוּדִים אֶל־שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה מַלְכוּת אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ דִּבְרֵי שָׁלוֹם וֶאֱמֶֽת׃
Scrolls were dispatched to all the Yehudim, to the one hundred and twenty-seven colonies of Achashveros’s kingdom; words of peace and truth.
Scrolls were dispatched to all the Yehudim, to the one hundred and twenty-seven colonies of Achashveros’s kingdom; words of peace and truth.
לְקַיֵּם אֶת־יְמֵי הַפֻּרִים הָאֵלֶּה בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר קִיַּם עֲלֵיהֶם מׇרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי וְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וְכַאֲשֶׁר קִיְּמוּ עַל־נַפְשָׁם וְעַל־זַרְעָם דִּבְרֵי הַצּוֹמוֹת וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃
To maintain these Purim days at the proper time, as was resolved and confirmed by Mordechai the Yehudi and Queen Esther, and as they had resolved for themselves and their descendants; [commemorating] the incidents of the fasts and their cries.
To maintain these Purim days at the proper time, as was resolved and confirmed by Mordechai the Yehudi and Queen Esther, and as they had resolved for themselves and their descendants; [commemorating] the incidents of the fasts and their cries.
וּמַאֲמַר אֶסְתֵּר קִיַּם דִּבְרֵי הַפֻּרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְנִכְתָּב בַּסֵּֽפֶר׃ {ס}
On the basis of Esther’s request, these Purim matters were perpetuated, and inscribed in a scroll.
On the basis of Esther’s request, these Purim matters were perpetuated, and inscribed in a scroll.
Rashi
ומאמר אסתר קים וגו'. אסתר בקשה מאת חכמי הדור לקבעה ולכתוב ספר זה עם שאר הכתובים וזהו ונכתב בספר:
On the basis of Esther’s request [these Purim matters] were perpetuated, etc. Esther requested of the Sages of the generation to commemorate her and to write this book with the rest of the Scriptures, and that is the meaning of “and inscribed in the book.”20Maseches Megillah 7a.
את כל תקף. תוקפו של נס של אחשורוש ושל המן ושל מרדכי ושל אסתר [:
With all the power [of their position]. The power of the miracle of Achashveirosh,18Maseches Megillah 19a. of Haman, of Mordechai and of Esther.19Each one was instrumental in the miracle.