This hate arose because mordecai, a jew, would not pay homage or bow down to haman, a high official in the persian empire. If possible, the names should all be said in one breath. If the reader failed to read these passages in one breath, one has nevertheless fulfilled the mitzvah of the megillah reading. Why did esther want hamans ten sons hung on gallows, after they had already been slain. R yosef rosen of rogochov explains the old custom orach chaim 690 of the reader pausing at this point and congregation reading all of the names of hamans sons during the public reading, as well. The jews have enemies, and a certain haman, the grand vizier, plots the.
As i was reading through the book of esther, many intriguing questions came to my mind. Choose your favorite reason and dont forget to breath. In scrolls of the book of esther, the names of haman ten sons are displayed unusually prominent. Celebrating purim at our synagogue congregation sons of israel. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. And the purim tradition of reading in a single breath the names of all ten sons of. Net bible the ten sons of haman son of hammedatha, the enemy of the jews. The jews, when on the feast of purim they read this book of esther, oblige themselves to read the names of haman s ten sons all in one breath, without any pause, because they say that they were all killed together, and all gave up the ghost just in the same moment.
Esther 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. The maharil minhagim, hilchos purim however, reports an episode that occurred in magentza where the bal korei did not say all of the names in a single breath, and was forced to begin the entire megilah over again. The massorah prescribes that the names of the ten sons of haman be written in a perpendicular column on the righthand side of the page, with the vav, i. Why did esther want hamans ten sons hung on gallows. The story of purim is recounted in the book of esther, whose eponymous heroine. Pirkei drebbe eliezer 50 as explained by peirush maharzav, uses this verses mention of hamans ten sons, as well as three other mentions esther 9. The book of esther begins with a sixmonth 180day drinking feast given by king ahasuerus for the army of persia and media and. The first book in the series the psychology of god, deals with a substantial list of psychological subjects, through the wisdom hidden inside the biblical account. The laws of reading the book of esther twice on purim. International standard version the ten sons of hammedathas son haman, the enemy of the jewish people, but they did not lay their hands on the spoils. Rabbi rivkin reads the megillat esther on purim youtube. Decoding the secrets of israel and yishmael and look at the enclosed study guide. An additional custom that probably began in medieval times is that the congregation recites aloud with the reader the verses esther 2. Esther 9 commentary commentary critical and explanatory.
The book of esthter stresses the list of ten sons of haman by writing in a form of a column esther, ch. You will never again think of the events in persia as limited to history. Haman in a single breath may also point to a reluctance to gloat,11 while the hanis. Reading the names of hamans ten sons in one breath. For a mindexploding revelation of one of the prophecies concerning the sons of haman that is explicitly clear in the hebrew of the book of esther, please listen to clash of destiny. Proofs that the book of esther was written with divine inspiration.
And this is quite a feat, considering that there were ten sons. The book of esther is filled with many stories illustrating the jews defeating their enemies and celebrating their victory. Bible code 10 sons of haman here a little, there a. One is required to read the megillah both at night and during the day. The copy read must not be printed, but written on vellum in the form of a roll. Written in a highly unusual configuration of dual parallel columns with three letters in the list written very small, and one very large, following an unexplained halachic tradition. Purim is a jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the jewish people from haman.
Purim reading hamans 10 sons names in one breath, and is it. Purim reading hamans 10 sons names in one breath, and is it permissible to recite the berachot on the megila if less than a minyan. The reader reads from a kosher megillah handwritten scroll, while the members of the. For example, the reader is to pronounce the names of the ten sons of haman in one breath, to indicate their simultaneous death. As a result, on adar, five hundred attackers and hamans ten sons are killed in shushan. Hospital visit from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The book of esther, a popular tale of group loyalty in the face of hostility, is. Haman persuades the naive king known in jewish literature as melekh. The entire mgillat ester book of esther in its scroll form is read aloud in a public. As his epithet agagite indicates, haman was a descendant of agag. The book of esther is chanted according to a special cantillation used only in the. Esthers prophecy of the 10 sons of haman in the book of esther, we find the story of haman, a man who hated the jews and tried to exterminate them.
But instead of taking vengeance on mordecai alone, haman instead sought to destroy all the jews throughout the persian. Blotting out hamans name while listening to the reading. Cantor joe recites the names of all of hamans sons in one breath during the megillah service at cbt. The later authorities took issue with the novel suggestion of rabbis. It is traditional to have someone say all the son s names in one breath. For example, the reader is to pronounce the names of the ten sons of haman esther 9. They killed these 10 sons of haman son of hammedatha, the enemy of the jews. The reader must pronounce all these names in one breath. This is accented by the talmudic megillah 16b custom is for the reader of megillas esther on purim to read all of the names and the ten sons of haman in our verse in one breath. What happen to hamans sons in the book of esther answers. The reading of the megillah additional guidelines and insights on. Whenever haman s name is pronounced, they make a terrible noise in the. This is probably derived from the tradition that the ten sons were hanged on a tall gallows, one above the other.
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