Laws regarding the Megila Reading:
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We are obligated to hear the Megillah reading twice: once on Purim eve and again on Purim day.
It is crucial to hear every word of the Megillah reading. As such, graggers should be sounded only when Haman’s name is read, at
which point the reader waits until quiet is restored before resuming. (According to Chabad custom, the graggers are sounded only
when Haman’s name is mentioned in conjunction with an adjective, e.g. “son of Hamdata,” or “the Jew hater.”)
It is also advisable to turn off your cell phone for the duration of the reading.
Stand while the reader recites the blessings and answer “Amen.” You may be seated while the Megillah is read.
The verses in bold are read aloud, in unison, by the congregation, and are then repeated by the reader.
When listening to the Shehecheyanu blessing before the daytime reading, have in mind that this blessing also covers the other
mitzvot of the day: charity for the poor, sending food packages, and the festive Purim meal.
‫מגילתאסתר‬
Megilat Esther
Before the Megillah is read, the reader recites the following three
blessings and all those listening answer Amen as indicated:
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has
sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning
the reading of the Megillah. (Amen)
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who
performed miracles for our forefathers in those days, at this time.
(Amen)
:‫קוראהמגילהמברך‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ .‫עו ָלם‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫מ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ ‫א ֹל ֵהינּו‬
ֱ ‫י ֹהוָה‬
ְ ‫א ָּתה‬
ַ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ָּב‬
(‫אמ ִג ָּלה)אמן‬
ְ ‫למ ְק ָר‬
ִ ‫ָנּוע‬
ַ ‫יוו ִצּו‬
ְ ‫נּוּב ִמ ְצ ֹו ָת‬
ְ ‫ׁש‬
ָ ‫ִק ְּד‬
‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ׁש ָע‬
ֶ .‫עו ָלם‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ינּומ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ
‫ָהא ֹל ֵה‬
ֱ ‫הי ֹהו‬
ְ ‫א ָּת‬
ַ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ָּב‬
(‫ןהּזֶה)אמן‬
ַ ‫םּב ְּז ַמ‬
ַ ‫יםה ֵה‬
ָ
‫ָמ‬
ִ ‫ינּוּבּי‬
ַ
‫בו ֵת‬
ֹ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫יםל‬
ַ
‫ִנ ִּס‬
.‫עו ָלם‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫מ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ ‫א ֹל ֵהינּו‬
ֱ ‫י ֹהוָה‬
ְ ‫א ָּתה‬
ַ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ָּב‬
(‫ןהּזֶה)אמן‬
ַ ‫נּול ְּז ַמ‬
ִ ‫יע‬
ָ ‫נּוו ִה ִּג‬
ְ ‫ָנּוו ִק ְּי ָמ‬
ְ ‫חי‬
ֱ ‫ׁש ֶה‬
ֶ
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has
granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.
(Amen)
Chapter 1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus -- he
was the Ahasuerus who reigned from Hodu to Cush,
one hundred twenty-seven provinces. In those days,
when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his
kingdom, which was in Shushan the capital. In the third
year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his princes
and his servants, the army of Persia and Media, the
nobles, and the princes of the provinces [who were]
before him. When he showed the riches of his glorious
kingdom, and the splendor of his excellent majesty,
many days, yea one hundred and eighty days. And
when these days were over, the king made for all the
people present in Shushan the capital, for [everyone]
both great and small, a banquet for seven days, in the
court of the garden of the king's orchard. [There were
spreads of] white, fine cotton, and blue, embroidered
with cords of linen and purple, on silver rods and
marble columns; couches of gold and silver, on a
pavement of green, white, shell, and onyx marble. And
they gave them to drink in golden vessels, and the
vessels differed from one another, and royal wine was
plentiful according to the bounty of the king. And the
drinking was according to the law [with] no one
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‫פרקא‬
‫הּוא‬
:‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ימי‬
ֵ ‫ ִּב‬
,‫ַי ִהי‬
ְ ‫ו‬
‫א‬
‫ׁש ַבע‬
ֶ --‫ּכּוׁש‬-‫ו ַעד‬
ְ ‫מ ֹהּדּו‬
ֵ ‫ ַה ֹּמ ֵל ְך‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
--‫ ָה ֵהם‬,‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ּבּי‬
ַ ‫ ב‬.‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬,‫ּומ ָאה‬
ֵ ‫ְו ֶע ְׂש ִרים‬
,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫מ ְל‬
ַ ‫ּכ ֵּסא‬
ִ ‫ ַעל‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ֶבת‬
ֶ ‫ְּכ‬
,‫כו‬
ֹ ‫ ְל ָמ ְל‬,‫לוׁש‬
ֹ ‫ַתׁש‬
ָ ‫ּב ְׁשנ‬
ִ ‫ ג‬.‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ןה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁש‬
ַ
‫ ְּב‬,‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
‫ּפ ַרס‬
ָ ‫חיל‬
ֵ :‫ַע ָב ָדיו‬
ֲ ‫ׂש ָריו ו‬
ָ -‫ ְל ָכל‬,‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫מ ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ָע‬
‫ ד‬.‫ ְל ָפנָיו‬--‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ה ְּמ ִד‬
ַ ‫ׂש ֵרי‬
ָ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫ ַה ַּפ ְר ְּת ִמים‬,‫ּומ ַדי‬
ָ
,‫ ְי ָקר‬-‫ ְו ֶאת‬,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫מ ְל‬
ַ ‫בוד‬
ֹ ‫ּכ‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫ ֹע‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ְּב ַה ְר ֹא‬
‫ּומ ַאת‬
ְ ‫מו ִנים‬
ֹ ‫ ְׁש‬,‫ר ִּבים‬
ַ ‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫תו; י‬
ֹ ‫דּוּל‬
ָ ‫ּג‬
ְ ‫ִּת ְפ ֶא ֶרת‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ ָע‬,‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫הּי‬
ַ ‫לואת‬
ֹ ‫ּוב ְמ‬
ִ ‫ ה‬.‫יום‬
ֹ
‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ל ִמ ָּג‬
ְ ‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ה ִּנ ְמ ְצ ִאים‬
ַ ‫ ָה ָעם‬-‫ְל ָכל‬
‫ ִּגּנַת‬,‫ח ַצר‬
ֲ ‫ּב‬
ַ :‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ ִׁש ְב ַעת י‬--‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫מ ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ ָק ָטן‬-‫ְו ַעד‬
‫ ָאחּוז‬,‫ּות ֵכ ֶלת‬
ְ
‫ּכ ְר ַּפס‬
ַ ‫ ו חּור‬.‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יתן‬
ַ ‫ִּב‬
‫ּמּודי‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ַע‬,‫כ ֶסף‬
ֶ ‫ילי‬
ֵ ‫ ְּג ִל‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ו ַא ְר ָּג ָמן‬
ְ ‫בּוץ‬-‫ְּב ַח ְב ֵלי‬
--‫ָׁשׁש‬
ֵ ‫ו‬-‫תּב ַהט‬
ַ ‫לר ְצ ַפ‬
ִ ‫ ַע‬,‫ָכ ֶסף‬
ֶ ‫ָהבו‬
ָ ‫ּטותז‬
ֹ ‫ׁשׁש; ִמ‬
ֵ
‫ ְו ֵכ ִלים‬,‫ָהב‬
ָ ‫ּב ְכ ֵלי ז‬
ִ ‫קות‬
ֹ ‫ו ַה ְׁש‬
ְ ‫ ז‬.‫ו ֹס ָח ֶרת‬
ְ ‫ְו ַדר‬
‫ ח‬.‫ַדה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ְּכי‬,‫כּותרב‬
ָ
‫ֵיןמ ְל‬
ַ ‫יםׁשו ִנים; ְוי‬
ֹ
‫ִמ ֵּכ ִל‬
‫ ַעל‬,‫דה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ןי ַּס‬
ִ ‫ ֵכ‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫יןאנֵס‬
ֹ ‫ ֵא‬,‫ָהכ ָּדת‬
ַ ‫ְו ַה ְּׁש ִתּי‬
.‫ָאיׁש‬
ִ ‫ו‬-‫ןאיׁש‬
ִ ‫צו‬
ֹ ‫ ִּכ ְר‬,‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬--‫יתו‬
ֹ ‫בּב‬
ֵ ‫ ַר‬-‫ָּכל‬
‫מ ְׁש ֵּתה‬
ִ ‫ ָע ְׂש ָתה‬,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫ּגם ו‬
ַ ‫ט‬
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coercing, for so had the king ordained upon every
steward of his house, to do according to every man's
wish.
Also, Vashti the queen made a banquet for the
women, in the royal house of King Ahasuerus. On the
seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with
wine, he ordered Mehuman, Bizzetha, Harbona, Bigtha
and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven
chamberlains who ministered in the presence of King
Ahasuerus. To bring Vashti the queen before the king
with the royal crown, to show the peoples and the
princes her beauty, for she was of comely appearance.
But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's behest
which was [brought] by the hand of the chamberlains,
and the king became very wroth, and his anger burnt
within him.
And the king said to the wise men who knew the
times-for so was the king's custom, [to present the
case] before all who knew law and judgment. And the
nearest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven
princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face,
who sat first in the kingdom. "According to the law,
what shall be done to Queen Vashti, inasmuch as she
did not comply with the order of the king, [brought] by
the hand of the chamberlains?".
Then Memucan declared before the king and the
princes, "Not against the king alone has Vashti the
queen done wrong, but against all the princes and all
the peoples that are in all King Ahasuerus's provinces.
For the word of the queen will spread to all the women,
to make them despise their husbands in their eyes,
when they say, 'King Ahasuerus ordered to bring
Vashti the queen before him, but she did not come.'
And this day, the princesses of Persia and Media who
heard the word of the queen will say [the like] to all the
princes of the king, and [there will be] much contempt
and wrath. If it please the king, let a royal edict go forth
from before him, and let it be inscribed in the laws of
Persia and Media, and let it not be revoked, that Vashti
did not come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king
give her royal position to her peer who is better than
she. And let the verdict of the king be heard throughout
his entire kingdom, although it is great, and all the
women shall give honor to their husbands, both great
and small." And the matter pleased the king and the
princes, and the king did according to the word of
Memucan. And he sent letters to all the king's
provinces, to every province according to its script, and
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‫ ַל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫ ַה ַּמ ְלכּות‬
,‫ ֵּבית‬--‫ָׁשים‬
ִ‫נ‬
,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫בלב‬
ֵ ‫טו‬
ֹ ‫ ְּכ‬,‫יעי‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּׁש ִב‬,‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫ י‬.‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ּב ְג ָתא‬
ִ ‫בונָא‬
ֹ ‫ח ְר‬
ַ ‫ּב ְּז ָתא‬
ִ ‫הּומן‬
ָ ‫ל ְמ‬
ִ ‫ ָא ַמר‬--‫ַּבּי ִָין‬
,‫יסים‬
ִ ‫ה ָּס ִר‬
ַ ‫ ִׁש ְב ַעת‬,‫ו ַכ ְר ַּכס‬
ְ ‫ֵתר‬
ַ ‫ ז‬,‫ַא ַב ְג ָתא‬
ֲ‫ו‬
‫ יא‬.‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ְּפנֵי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ׁש ְר ִתים‬
ָ ‫ַה ְמ‬
‫תר‬
ֶ ‫ ְּב ֶכ‬--‫ֵיה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִל ְפנ‬,‫יה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ַׁש ִּת‬
ְ ‫ו‬-‫יאאת‬
ֶ
‫ְל ָה ִב‬
,‫ָפיָּה‬
ְ ‫י‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ּׂש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ו ַה‬
ְ ‫ה ַע ִּמים‬
ָ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫ל ַה ְר‬
ְ :‫ַמ ְלכּות‬
‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ַּת ָמ ֵאן‬
ְ ‫ יב ו‬.‫היא‬
ִ ‫מ ְר ֶאה‬
ַ ‫טו ַבת‬
ֹ -‫ִּכי‬
‫ ְּביַד‬,‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ְד ַבר‬
ִ ‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ ָל‬,‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ‫ו‬
‫ע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫ּב‬
ָ ‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ַח ָמ‬
ֲ ‫ ו‬,‫מ ֹאד‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַּי ְק ֹצף‬
ִ ‫יסים; ו‬
ִ ‫ַה ָּס ִר‬
.‫בו‬
ֹ
‫י ְד ֵעי‬
ֹ ‫ח ָכ ִמים‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫יג ו‬
‫יּדת‬
ָ ‫ ֹי ְד ֵע‬-‫ ָּכל‬,‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ְּד ַב‬,‫ ֵכן‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫ָה ִע ִּתים‬
‫א ְד ָמ ָתא‬
ַ ‫ׁש ָתר‬
ֵ ‫ ַּכ ְר ְׁשנָא‬,‫א ָליו‬
ֵ ‫ו ַה ָּק ֹרב‬
ְ ‫ יד‬.‫ָדין‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ׂש ֵרי‬
ָ ‫ ִׁש ְב ַעת‬--‫מּוכן‬
ָ ‫ ְמ‬,‫מ ְר ְסנָא‬
ַ ‫ ֶמ ֶרס‬,‫ַת ְר ִׁשיׁש‬
,‫אׁשנָה‬
ֹ ‫ר‬
ִ ‫ ַה ֹּי ְׁש ִבים‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּפנֵי‬
ְ ‫ ֹר ֵאי‬,‫ּומ ַדי‬
ָ ‫ָּפ ַרס‬
,‫ ַּב ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬,‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַּל‬-‫ ַמה‬,‫ּכ ָדת‬
ְ ‫ טו‬.‫ַּב ַּמ ְלכּות‬
‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫א ַמ‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ ָע ְׂש ָתה‬-‫רלא‬
ֹ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫לא‬
ֲ ‫ ַע‬--‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ‫ו‬
.‫יסים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ָּס ִר‬,‫ ְּביַד‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,(‫מּוכן‬
ָ ‫אמר מומכן ) ְמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫טז ו‬
‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫ ָע ְו ָתה ו‬,‫ּדו‬
ֹ ‫ל ַב‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ ֹלא‬,‫ּׂש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ְו ַה‬
,‫ ָה ַע ִּמים‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ ְו ַעל‬,‫ּׂש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ ַה‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
-‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ יז‬.‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ ְּב ָכל‬,‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
‫זות‬
ֹ ‫ ְל ַה ְב‬,‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ ַהּנ‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬-‫ד ַבר‬
ְ ‫ֵצא‬
ֵ‫י‬
‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ּב ָא ְמ ָרם‬
ְ :‫ֵיהן‬
ֶ ‫ּב ֵעינ‬
ְ ‫יהן‬
ֶ ‫ַּב ְע ֵל‬
-‫ ְו ֹלא‬--‫ל ָפנָיו‬
ְ ‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫ו‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ל ָה ִביא‬
ְ ‫ָא ַמר‬
-‫ּפ ַרס‬
ָ ‫רות‬
ֹ ‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫אמ ְרנָה‬
ַ ‫ּת‬
ֹ ‫הּזֶה‬
ַ ‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ו ַה‬
ְ ‫ יח‬.‫ָב ָאה‬
‫ׂש ֵרי‬
ָ ,‫ ְל ֹכל‬,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ ְּד ַבר‬-‫עּואת‬
ֶ
‫רׁש ְמ‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ּומ ַדי‬
ָ
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫אם‬
ִ ‫ יט‬.‫ָק ֶצף‬
ָ ‫ָיון ו‬
ֹ ‫ ִּבּז‬,‫ּוכ ַדי‬
ְ ;‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ּב ָד ֵתי‬
ְ ‫ ְו ִי ָּכ ֵתב‬,‫מ ְּל ָפנָיו‬
ִ ‫ ַמ ְלכּות‬-‫ד ַבר‬
ְ ‫ֵצא‬
ֵ ‫ י‬,‫טוב‬
ֹ
,‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫בואו‬
ֹ ‫ ָת‬-‫רלא‬
ֹ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ :‫בור‬
ֹ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ֹלאי‬,‫ּומ ַדי‬
ָ -‫ָפ ַרס‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫י ֵּתן‬
ִ ‫כּותּה‬
ָ ‫ּומ ְל‬
ַ ,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ִל ְפנֵי‬
‫ּפ ְת ָגם‬
ִ ‫ו ִנ ְׁש ַמע‬
ְ ‫ כ‬.‫מ ֶּמּנָה‬
ִ ‫ּטו ָבה‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫עּותּה‬
ָ ‫ִל ְר‬
‫ר ָּבה‬
ַ ‫ ִּכי‬,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫ ַמ ְל‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ׂשה‬
ֶ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫י‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
--‫יהן‬
ֶ ‫ל ַב ְע ֵל‬
ְ ‫י ָקר‬
ְ ‫ ִי ְּתנּו‬,‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ ַהּנ‬-‫ִהיא; ְו ָכל‬
‫ ְּב ֵעינֵי‬,‫ ַה ָּד ָבר‬,‫יטב‬
ַ ‫ַּי‬
ִ ‫ כא ו‬.‫ ָק ָטן‬-‫ ְו ַעד‬,‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ְל ִמ ָּג‬
.‫מּוכן‬
ָ ‫מ‬
ְ ‫ ִּכ ְד ַבר‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַעׂש‬
ַ ‫ּׂש ִרים; ַוּי‬
ָ ‫ ְו ַה‬,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
--‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ס ָפ ִרים‬
ְ ‫ַּי ְׁש ַלח‬
ִ ‫כב ו‬
‫ָעם‬
ָ ‫ ַעם ו‬-‫ ְו ֶאל‬,‫ּכ ְכ ָת ָבּה‬
ִ ‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ
‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬-‫ֶאל‬
‫ּומ ַד ֵּבר‬
ְ ,‫יתו‬
ֹ ‫ּב ֵב‬
ְ ‫ׂש ֵרר‬
ֹ ‫ ִאיׁש‬-‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫יות‬
ֹ ‫ל ְה‬
ִ :‫נו‬
ֹ ‫ׁשו‬
ֹ ‫ִּכ ְל‬
.‫ּמו‬
ֹ ‫ןע‬
ַ ‫ׁשו‬
ֹ ‫ִּכ ְל‬
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to every nationality according to its language, that
every man dominate in his household and speak
according to the language of his nationality.
Chapter 2
After these events, when King Ahasuerus's fury
subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had
done, and what had been decreed upon her. And the
king's young men, his servants, said, "Let them seek
for the king young maidens of comely appearance.
And let the king appoint commissioners to all the
provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather every
young maiden of comely appearance to Shushan the
caital, to the house of the women, to the custody of
Hege, the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the
women, and let their ointments be given them. And let
the maiden who pleases the king reign instead of
Vashti." And the matter pleased the king, and he did
so.
There was a Jewish man in Shushan the
capital, whose name was Mordechai the son of Jair
the son of Shimei the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
who had been exiled from Jerusalem with the exile that
was exiled with Jeconiah, king of Judah, which
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had exiled. And he
had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's
daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, and
the maiden was of comely form and of comely
appearance, and when her father and mother died,
Mordechai took her to himself for a daughter. And it
came to pass, when the king's order and his decree
were heard, and when many maidens were gathered
to Shushan the capital, to the custody of Hegai, that
Esther was taken to the king's house, to the custody of
Hegai, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased
him, and she won his favor, and he hastened her
ointments and her portions to give [them] to her, and
the seven maidens fitting to give her from the king's
house, and he changed her and her maidens to the
best [portions in] the house of the women. Esther did
not reveal her nationality or her lineage, for Mordechai
had ordered her not to reveal it. And every day,
Mordechai would walk about in front of the court of the
house of the women, to learn of Esther's welfare and
what would be done to her. And when each maiden's
turn arrived to go to King Ahasuerus, after having been
treated according to the practice prescribed for the
women, for twelve months, for so were the days of
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‫פרקב‬
‫ח ַמת‬
ֲ ,‫ ְּכ ֹׁש ְך‬,‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ ַה ְּד ָב ִרים‬,‫א ַחר‬
ַ ‫א‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ו ֵאת‬
ְ ‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫ו‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ָכר‬
ַ ‫ז‬--‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫אמרּו‬
ְ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ב ו‬.‫יה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶל‬
ָ ‫ ִנ ְגזַר‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ֵאת‬,‫ׂש ָתה‬
ָ ‫ָע‬
‫רות‬
ֹ ‫נ ָע‬
ְ ‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫י ַב ְקׁשּו‬
ְ :‫ׁש ְר ָתיו‬
ָ ‫ ְמ‬,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ַע ֵרי‬
ֲ‫נ‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַפ ֵקד‬
ְ ‫וי‬
ְ ‫ ג‬.‫מ ְר ֶאה‬
ַ ‫בות‬
ֹ ‫טו‬
ֹ ,‫תּולות‬
ֹ
‫ְּב‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ ְו ִי ְק ְּבצּו‬,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫מ ְל‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ ְּב ָכל‬,‫ידים‬
ִ ‫ְּפ ִק‬
‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ -‫אל‬
ֶ ‫מ ְר ֶאה‬
ַ ‫טו ַבת‬
ֹ
‫תּולה‬
ָ ‫ ְב‬-‫ַע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫נ‬-‫ָּכל‬
‫ס ִריס‬
ְ ‫הגֶא‬
ֵ ‫יַד‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ ֵּבית‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ַה ִּב‬
‫ ד‬.‫יהן‬
ֶ ‫ ַּת ְמ ֻר ֵק‬,‫ָתון‬
ֹ ‫ָׁשים; ְונ‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ׁש ֵמר‬
ֹ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫ ִּת ְמ ֹל ְך‬--‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ֵעינֵי‬
ְ ‫יטב‬
ַ ‫ּת‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ַע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫ְו ַהּנ‬
‫ַעׂש‬
ַ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ֵעינֵי‬
ְ ‫ה ָּד ָבר‬
ַ ‫יטב‬
ַ ‫ַּי‬
ִ ‫ַׁש ִּתי; ו‬
ְ ‫ַּת ַחת ו‬
.‫ֵּכן‬
;‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ ָהיָה‬,‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫י‬
ְ ‫ה ִאיׁש‬
‫ ִאיׁש‬--‫ ִקיׁש‬-‫יּבן‬
ֶ ‫ ִׁש ְמ ִע‬-‫ירּבן‬
ֶ ‫ָא‬
ִ ‫ ֶּבןי‬,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫מו‬
ֹ ‫ּוׁש‬
ְ
‫ ַה ֹּג ָלה‬-‫ ִעם‬,‫ירּוׁש ַל ִים‬
ָ
‫ ִמ‬,‫ה ְג ָלה‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ו‬.‫יני‬
ִ ‫ְי ִמ‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ --‫הּודה‬
ָ ‫ ְי‬-‫מ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ ‫י ָכ ְניָה‬
ְ ‫ ִעם‬,‫ה ְג ְל ָתה‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫א ֵמן‬
ֹ ‫ַי ִהי‬
ְ ‫ ז ו‬.‫ּב ֶבל‬
ָ ‫מ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ ‫ֶּצר‬
ַ ‫בּוכ ְדנ‬
ַ ‫ ְנ‬,‫ֶה ְג ָלה‬
‫ ָאב‬,‫לּה‬
ָ ‫אין‬
ֵ ‫ ִּכי‬--‫דו‬
ֹ ‫ ֹּד‬-‫ּבת‬
ַ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ ִהיא‬,‫ה ַד ָּסה‬
ֲ
,‫מ ְר ֶאה‬
ַ ‫טו ַבת‬
ֹ ‫ ְו‬,‫ ֹּת ַאר‬-‫י ַפת‬
ְ ‫ַע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫ָאם; ְו ַהּנ‬
ֵ‫ו‬
‫ ח‬.‫ל ַבת‬
ְ ‫ילו‬
ֹ ‫ּהמ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬
ָ ‫ ְל ָק ָח‬,‫ו ִא ָּמּה‬
ְ ‫יה‬
ָ ‫תא ִב‬
ָ ‫מו‬
ֹ ‫ּוב‬
ְ
‫ּוב ִה ָּק ֵבץ‬
ְ ,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ו ָד‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ּד ַבר‬
ְ ‫ּׁש ַמע‬
ָ ‫ ְּב ִה‬,‫ַי ִהי‬
ְ‫ו‬
;‫ה ָגי‬
ֵ ‫יַד‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ -‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ּבות‬
ֹ ‫ר‬
ַ ‫רות‬
ֹ ‫ְנ ָע‬
‫ה ַגי‬
ֵ ‫יַד‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ֵּבית‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ָּל ַקח‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ּׂשא‬
ָ ‫ַּת‬
ִ ‫ו‬,‫הב ֵעינָיו‬
ְ ‫ַע ָר‬
ֲ ‫בהּנ‬
ַ ‫יט‬
ַ ‫ַּת‬
ִ ‫ ט ו‬.‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫רהּנ‬
ַ ‫ֹׁש ֵמ‬
‫ת ָה‬
ֶ ‫נו‬
ֹ ‫ ָמ‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫יה‬
ָ ‫רּוק‬
ֶ ‫ ַּת ְמ‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ַי ַב ֵהל‬
ְ ‫ ו‬,‫ל ָפנָיו‬
ְ ‫ֶח ֶסד‬
-‫תת‬
ֶ ‫ל‬
ָ ‫יות‬
ֹ ‫א‬
ֻ ‫ה ְר‬
ָ ‫רות‬
ֹ ‫ה ְּנ ָע‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַבע‬
ֶ ‫ ְו ֵאת‬,‫לּה‬
ָ ‫ָל ֵתת‬
,‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ל‬
ְ ‫יה‬
ָ ‫ת‬
ֶ ‫רו‬
ֹ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫נ‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫ֶה‬
ָ ‫ׁשּנ‬
ַ ‫ַי‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ו‬
ַ ‫מ ֵּבית‬
ִ ‫ָלּה‬
‫ ַע ָּמּה‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ידה‬
ָ ‫ ִה ִּג‬-‫לא‬
ֹ ‫ י‬.‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ֵּבית‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫יה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶל‬
ָ ‫צּוָה‬
ִ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫מו ַל ְד ָּתּה‬
ֹ -‫ְו ֶאת‬
,‫ימ ְת ַה ֵּל ְך‬
ִ ‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬--‫ָיום‬
ֹ ‫יוםו‬
ֹ -‫ּוב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ יא‬.‫ ַת ִּגיד‬-‫ֹלא‬
‫לום‬
ֹ ‫ ְׁש‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ל ַד ַעת‬
ָ :‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ ַהּנ‬-‫ּבית‬
ֵ ‫ח ַצר‬
ֲ ‫ִל ְפנֵי‬
‫ַע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫ּתר נ‬
ֹ ‫יע‬
ַ ‫ּוב ַה ִּג‬
ְ ‫ יב‬.‫ּבּה‬
ָ ‫ׂשה‬
ֶ ‫ֵע‬
ָ ‫ּי‬-‫ּומה‬
ַ ,‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫יות‬
ֹ ‫ץה‬
ֱ ‫ ִמ ֵּק‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אאל‬
ֶ ‫בו‬
ֹ ‫הל‬
ָ ‫ַע ָר‬
ֲ ‫ְונ‬
‫ּכן‬
ֵ ‫ ִּכי‬--‫ח ֶדׁש‬
ֹ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ׁשנֵים‬
ְ ‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ּכ ָדת‬
ְ ‫ָלּה‬
‫ׁש ֶמן‬
ֶ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ח ָד ִׁשים‬
ֳ ‫ּׁשה‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ִ :‫יהן‬
ֶ ‫רּוק‬
ֵ ‫מ‬
ְ ‫ ְי ֵמי‬,‫ִי ְמ ְלאּו‬
‫רּוקי‬
ֵ ‫ּוב ַת ְמ‬
ְ ,‫ׂש ִמים‬
ָ ‫ּב ְּב‬
ַ ‫ח ָד ִׁשים‬
ֳ ‫ּׁשה‬
ָ ‫ ְו ִׁש‬,‫ַה ֹּמר‬
--‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ּב ָאה‬
ָ ‫ַע ָרה‬
ֲ ‫ ַהּנ‬,‫ּובזֶה‬
ָ ‫ יג‬.‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ַהּנ‬
,‫ע ָּמּה‬
ִ ‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ ָל‬,‫לּה‬
ָ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫אמר יִ ּנ‬
ַ ‫ּת‬
ֹ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ֵאת‬
‫היא‬
ִ ‫ּב ֶע ֶרב‬
ָ ‫ יד‬.‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ֵּבית‬-‫ ַעד‬,‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ִמ ֵּבית‬
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their ointments completed, six months with myrrh oil,
and six months with perfumes, and with the ointments
of the women. Then with this the maiden would come
to the king; whatever she would request would be
given to her to come with her from the house of the
women to the king's house. In the evening she would
go, and in the morning she would return to the second
house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the
king's chamberlain, the guard of the concubines; she
would no longer come to the king unless the king
wanted her, and she was called by name. Now when
the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, Mordechai's
uncle, who had taken her for a daughter, came to go in
to the king, she requested nothing, except what Hegai
the king's chamberlain, the guard of the women, would
say, and Esther obtained grace in the eyes of all who
beheld her. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, to
his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month
of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the
king loved Esther more than all the women, and she
won grace and favor before him more than all the
maidens, and he placed the royal crown on her head
and made her queen instead of Vashti. And the king
made a great banquet for all his princes and his
servants, even Esther's feast, and he granted a
release to the provinces and gave gifts according to
the bounty of the king. And when the maidens were
gathered a second time, and Mordechai was sitting in
the king's gate. Esther would not tell her lineage or her
nationality, as Mordechai had commanded her, for
Esther kept Mordechai's orders as she had when she
was raised by him.
In those days, when Mordechai was sitting in the
king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's
chamberlains, of the guards of the threshold, became
angry and sought to lay a hand on King Ahasuerus.
And the matter became known to Mordechai, and he
told [it] to Queen Esther, and Esther told [it] to the king
in Mordechai's name. And the matter was investigated
and found [to be so], and they were both hanged on a
gallows, and it was written in the diary [that was read]
before the king.
Chapter 3
After these events, King Ahasuerus promoted
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and
advanced him, and placed his seat above all the
princes who were with him. And all the king's servants
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,‫ׁש ִני‬
ֵ ‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ ֵּבית‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ׁש ָבה‬
ָ ‫היא‬
ִ ‫ּוב ֹּב ֶקר‬
ַ ,‫ָב ָאה‬
:‫יל ְג ִׁשים‬
ַ ‫רה ִּפ‬
ַ ‫ ֹׁש ֵמ‬,‫יסה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ
‫זס ִר‬
ְ ‫ַדׁש ַע ְׁש ַג‬
ַ ‫י‬-‫ֶאל‬
‫ּבּה‬
ָ ‫ ָח ֵפץ‬-‫אם‬
ִ ‫ ִּכי‬,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫עוד‬
ֹ
‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ ָת‬-‫ֹלא‬
‫ ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬-‫ּתר‬
ֹ ‫יע‬
ַ ‫ּוב ַה ִּג‬
ְ ‫ טו‬.‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ב‬
ְ ‫ו ִנ ְק ְר ָאה‬
ְ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ל ַבת‬
ְ ‫לו‬
ֹ -‫ל ַקח‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ֳכי‬
ַ ‫מ ְרּד‬
ָ ‫ּדד‬
ֹ ‫יח ִיל‬
ַ ‫א ִב‬
ֲ -‫ַּבת‬
-‫םאת‬
ֶ ‫יא‬
ִ ‫ ִּכ‬--‫הּד ָבר‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ָ ‫אב ְק‬
ִ ‫ ֹל‬,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אאל‬
ֶ ‫בו‬
ֹ ‫ָל‬
;‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫הּנ‬
ַ ‫ ֹׁש ֵמר‬,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ס ִריס‬
ְ ‫ה ַגי‬
ֵ ‫אמר‬
ַ ‫י‬
ֹ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
‫ טז‬.‫יה‬
ָ ‫ ֹר ֶא‬-‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ ְּב ֵעינֵי‬,‫חן‬
ֵ ‫ׂשאת‬
ֵ ‫נ‬
ֹ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ִהי‬
ְ‫ו‬
‫ ֵּבית‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ָּל ַקח‬
ִ‫ו‬
--‫ט ֵבת‬
ֵ ‫ ֹח ֶדׁש‬-‫ הּוא‬,‫ירי‬
ִ ‫ע ִׂש‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ ַּב ֹח ֶדׁש‬,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫ַמ ְל‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ֶא ַהב‬
ֱ ‫ יז ַוּי‬.‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ ְל ַמ ְלכּו‬,‫ׁש ַבע‬
ֶ -‫ִּב ְׁשנַת‬
‫ל ָפנָיו‬
ְ ‫ָח ֶסד‬
ֶ ‫ ֵחן ו‬-‫ּׂשא‬
ָ ‫ַּת‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ ַהּנ‬-‫מ ָּכל‬
ִ ‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
,‫אׁשּה‬
ָ ‫ּב ֹר‬
ְ ‫ ַמ ְלכּות‬-‫תר‬
ֶ ‫ּכ‬
ֶ ‫ָׂשם‬
ֶ ‫תּולות; ַוּי‬
ֹ
‫ ַה ְּב‬-‫ִמ ָּכל‬
‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫מ ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַעׂש‬
ַ ‫ יח ַוּי‬.‫ַׁש ִּתי‬
ְ ‫ּת ַחת ו‬
ַ ‫יכ ָה‬
ֶ ‫ַמ ִל‬
ְ ‫ַוּי‬
;‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ ִמ ְׁש ֵּתה‬,‫ ֵאת‬--‫ַע ָב ָדיו‬
ֲ ‫ׂש ָריו ו‬
ָ -‫ ְל ָכל‬,‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ָג‬
‫ּכיַד‬
ְ ‫מ ְׂש ֵאת‬
ַ ‫ַּי ֵּתן‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ל ְּמ ִד‬
ַ ‫ָחה‬
ָ ‫ַהנ‬
ֲ‫ו‬
,‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ;‫ׁש ִנית‬
ֵ ,‫תּולות‬
ֹ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ּוב ִה ָּק ֵבץ‬
ְ ‫ יט‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ֶדת‬
ֶ ‫ ַמּג‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫אין‬
ֵ ‫ כ‬.‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ׁשב‬
ֵ ‫ֹי‬
,‫יה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶל‬
ָ ‫צּוָה‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ַּכ‬,‫ ַע ָּמּה‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫מו ַל ְד ָּתּה‬
ֹ
,‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ֹ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫א ַמר‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ‬-‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי; ְו ֶאת‬
.‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ָהא‬
ִ ‫הב ָא ְמנ‬
ְ ‫רה ְי ָת‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ַּכ‬
-‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫בּב‬
ְ ‫ׁש‬
ֵ ‫ייו‬
ֹ ‫ֳכ‬
ַ ‫ּומ ְרּד‬
ָ ,‫יםה ֵהם‬
ָ
‫ָמ‬
ִ ‫ּבּי‬
ַ ‫כא‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יסי‬
ֵ ‫ ָס ִר‬-‫ׁשנֵי‬
ְ ‫ָת ֶרׁש‬
ֶ ‫ּב ְג ָתן ו‬
ִ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ָק ַצף‬
‫ ַּב ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ל ְׁש ֹל ַח יָד‬
ִ ‫ַי ַב ְקׁשּו‬
ְ ‫ ו‬,‫ה ַּסף‬
ַ ‫ִמ ֹּׁש ְמ ֵרי‬
‫ ַו ַּיּגֵד‬,‫ל ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ְ ‫ה ָּד ָבר‬
ַ ‫ָדע‬
ַ ‫ַּיּו‬
ִ ‫ כב ו‬.‫ֵרׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה; ו‬
ַ ‫ְל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫ַּי ָּתלּו‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ַּי ָּמ ֵצא‬
ִ ‫ה ָּד ָבר ו‬
ַ ‫ַי ֻב ַּקׁש‬
ְ ‫ כג ו‬.‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
--‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫הּי‬
ַ ‫ּד ְב ֵרי‬
ִ ‫ ְּב ֵס ֶפר‬,‫ַּי ָּכ ֵתב‬
ִ ‫ ֵעץ; ו‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ֵיהם‬
ֶ ‫ְׁשנ‬
.‫ֵיה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ִל ְפנ‬
‫פרקג‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִּג ַּדל‬,‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ה ְּד ָב ִרים‬
ַ ‫א ַחר‬
ַ ‫א‬
--‫א ָג ִגי‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ ַה ְּמ ָד ָתא‬-‫ּבן‬
ֶ ‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ּׂש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ ַה‬-‫ ָּכל‬,‫ ֵמ ַעל‬,‫או‬
ֹ ‫ ִּכ ְס‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ָׂשם‬
ֶ ‫ַּׂש ֵאהּו; ַוּי‬
ְ ‫ַינ‬
ְ‫ו‬
‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ ְּב‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ַע ְב ֵדי‬-‫ו ָכל‬
ְ ‫ ב‬.‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫א‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
-‫ ִצּוָה‬,‫ ֵכן‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫יםל ָה ָמן‬
ְ
‫ח ִו‬
ֲ ‫יםּומ ְׁש ַּת‬
ִ
‫ ֹּכ ְר ִע‬,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ ג‬.‫חוֶה‬
ֲ ‫אי ְׁש ַּת‬
ִ ‫ ְו ֹל‬,‫אי ְכ ַרע‬
ִ ‫ ֹל‬--‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ;‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫לו‬
ֹ
--‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ ְּב‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ע ְב ֵדי‬
ַ ‫אמרּו‬
ְ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
.‫ַתה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫תמ ְצו‬
ִ ‫ ֵא‬,‫העו ֵבר‬
ֹ
‫א ָּת‬
ַ ‫ּדּוע‬
ַ ‫מ‬
ַ :‫ְל ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
‫ ְו ֹלא‬,‫ָיום‬
ֹ ‫יויוםו‬
ֹ
‫באמרם) ְּכ ָא ְמ ָרם( ֵא ָל‬,‫ַי ִהי‬
ְ ‫ד ו‬
‫ַע ְמדּו‬
ַ ‫הי‬
ֲ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫ ִל ְר‬,‫ל ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫ַּגידּו‬
ִ ‫יהם; ַוּי‬
ֶ ‫א ֵל‬
ֲ ,‫ׁש ַמע‬
ָ
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who were in the king's gate would kneel and prostrate
themselves before Haman, for so had the king
commanded concerning him, but Mordechai would
neither kneel nor prostrate himself. Then the king's
servants who were in the king's gate, said to
Mordechai, "Why do you disobey the king's orders?"
Now it came to pass when they said [this] to him daily,
and he did not heed them, that they told [this] to
Haman, to see whether Mordechai's words would
stand up, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
And when Haman saw that Mordechai would
neither kneel nor prostrate himself before him, Haman
became full of wrath. But it seemed contemptible to
him to lay hands on Mordechai alone, for they had told
him Mordechai's nationality, and Haman sought to
destroy all the Jews who were throughout Ahasuerus's
entire kingdom, Mordechai's people. In the first month,
which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King
Ahasuerus, one cast the pur-that is the lot-before
Haman from day to day and from month to month, to
the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. And
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain
people scattered and separate among the peoples
throughout all the provinces of your kingdom, and their
laws differ from [those of] every people, and they do
not keep the king's laws; it is [therefore] of no use for
the king to let them be. If it pleases the king, let it be
written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten
thousand silver talents into the hands of those who
perform the work, to bring [it] into the king's
treasuries." And the king took his ring off his hand and
gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
the adversary of the Jews. And the king said to
Haman, "The silver is given to you, and the people to
do to them as it pleases you." And the king's scribes
were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth
day thereof, and it was written according to everything
that Haman had ordered to the king's satraps and to
the governors who were over every province, and to
the princes of every people, each province according
to its script and each people according to its tongue; it
was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was
sealed with the king's ring. And letters shall be sent by
the hand of the couriers to all the king's provinces, to
destroy, kill, and cause to perish all the Jews, both
young and old, little children and women, on one day,
on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the
month of Adar, and their spoils to be taken as plunder.
The copy of the writ was for an edict to be given in
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‫הּוא‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫ל ֶהם‬
ָ
‫ ִה ִּגיד‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ
‫ִּד ְב ֵרי‬
‫ ֹּכ ֵר ַע‬,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ ֵאין‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ַרא‬
ְ ‫ ה ַוּי‬.‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫ְי‬
‫ַּי ֶבז‬
ִ ‫ ו ו‬.‫ ֵח ָמה‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ַּי ָּמ ֵלא‬
ִ ‫לו; ו‬
ֹ
‫חוֶה‬
ֲ ‫ּומ ְׁש ַּת‬
ִ
,‫ידּולו‬
ֹ
‫ ִה ִּג‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫ּדו‬
ֹ ‫יל ַב‬
ְ ‫ֳכ‬
ַ ‫ָדּב ָמ ְרּד‬
ְ ‫ ִל ְׁש ֹל ַח י‬,‫ְּב ֵעינָיו‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ ְל ַה ְׁש ִמיד‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ַי ַב ֵּקׁש‬
ְ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ָכי; ו‬
ָ ‫ ַעם‬-‫ֶאת‬
--‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ ְלכּות‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ָּכל‬
,‫יסן‬
ָ ‫ׁשנ‬
ִ ‫ ֹח ֶד‬-‫הּוא‬,‫אׁשון‬
ֹ
‫ׁשה ִר‬
ָ ‫ּב ֹח ֶד‬
ַ ‫ ז‬.‫םמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
‫ה ִּפיל‬
ִ :‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ע ְׂש ֵרה‬
ֶ ‫ׁש ֵּתים‬
ְ ‫ִּב ְׁשנַת‬
‫םּומ ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ֵ
‫יו‬
ֹ ‫םל‬
ְ ‫ּיו‬
ֹ ‫ ִמ‬,‫ֵיה ָמן‬
ָ ‫לל ְפנ‬
ִ ‫ּגו ָר‬
ֹ ‫ּפּורהּואה‬
ַ
.‫ׁשא ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ ֹח ֶד‬-‫הּוא‬--‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ ָע‬-‫ׁשׁשנֵים‬
ְ
‫ְל ֹח ֶד‬
‫נו‬
ֹ ‫ֶׁש‬
ְ ‫י‬--‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ח ו‬
‫ ְּב ֹכל‬,‫ה ַע ִּמים‬
ָ ‫ּבין‬
ֵ ‫ּומ ֹפ ָרד‬
ְ
‫מ ֻפּזָר‬
ְ ‫ ֶא ָחד‬-‫ַעם‬
,‫ ָעם‬-‫מ ָּכל‬
ִ ‫נות‬
ֹ ‫ׁש‬
ֹ ‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ת‬
ֵ ‫כּות ָך; ְו ָד‬
ֶ ‫מ ְל‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ְמ ִד‬
,‫ ֹׁשוֶה‬-‫אין‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ַל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ָםע ִׂשים‬
ֹ ‫אינ‬
ֵ ‫יה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ָּד ֵת‬-‫ְו ֶאת‬
‫תב‬
ֵ ‫ ִי ָּכ‬,‫טוב‬
ֹ
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫אם‬
ִ
‫ ט‬.‫יחם‬
ָ ‫ְל ַה ִּנ‬
‫ ֶא ְׁשק ֹול‬,‫ ֶּכ ֶסף‬-‫ּכ ַּכר‬
ִ ‫א ָל ִפים‬
ֲ ‫ׂש ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ְל ַא ְּב ָדם; ו‬
‫ ִּג ְנזֵי‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ ְל ָה ִביא‬,‫אכה‬
ָ ‫ה ְּמ ָל‬
ַ ‫ׂשי‬
ֵ ‫ע‬
ֹ ‫ ְי ֵדי‬-‫ַעל‬
;‫ָדו‬
ֹ ‫ ֵמ ַעל י‬,‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ ַט ַּב ְע‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָסר‬
ַ ‫ י ַוּי‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ ֹצ ֵרר‬--‫א ָג ִגי‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ
‫ ַה ְּמ ָד ָתא‬-‫ּבן‬
ֶ
‫ ְל ָה ָמן‬,‫ַּי ְּתנָּה‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ ַה ֶּכ ֶסףנָתּון‬,‫ל ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ יא ו‬.‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
‫ יב‬.‫ֶיך‬
ָ ‫ּב ֵעינ‬
ְ ‫ּטוב‬
ֹ ‫ּכ‬
ַ ‫ּבו‬
ֹ
‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬,‫ָל ְך; ְו ָה ָעם‬
‫ׁשה‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְׁש‬,‫אׁשון‬
ֹ
‫ׁשה ִר‬
ָ ‫ּב ֹח ֶד‬
ַ ‫יה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אּוס ְפ ֵר‬
ֹ
‫ַּי ָּק ְר‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ ִצּוָה‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ּכ ָכל‬
ְ ‫ַּי ָּכ ֵתב‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ּבו‬
ֹ ‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ָע‬
-‫על‬
ַ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫חות‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ַּפ‬-‫ו ֶאל‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫א ַח ְׁש ַּד ְר ְּפנֵי‬
ֲ
‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬,‫ָעם‬
ָ ‫ׂש ֵרי ַעם ו‬
ָ -‫ו ֶאל‬
ְ ‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ
‫ְמ ִדינָה‬
‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ּב‬
ְ :‫נו‬
ֹ ‫ׁשו‬
ֹ ‫ּכ ְל‬
ִ ‫ָעם‬
ָ ‫ו ַעם ו‬
ְ ‫ּכ ְכ ָת ָבּה‬
ִ ‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ
‫ּב ַט ַּב ַעת‬
ְ ‫ֶח ָּתם‬
ְ ‫ ְונ‬,‫נ ְכ ָּתב‬
ִ ‫ֵרׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ה ָר ִצים‬
ָ ‫ּביַד‬
ְ ‫ס ָפ ִרים‬
ְ ‫לו ַח‬
ֹ ‫ו ִנ ְׁש‬
ְ ‫ יג‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ּול ַא ֵּבד‬
ְ
‫ה ֹרג‬
ֲ ‫ל‬
ַ ‫ ְל ַה ְׁש ִמיד‬--‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ָּכל‬
‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ונ‬
ְ ‫טף‬
ַ ‫ָקן‬
ֵ ‫ז‬-‫ו ַעד‬
ְ ‫ַער‬
ַ ‫מּנ‬
ִ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ֶאת‬
‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ ָע‬-‫ׁשנֵים‬
ְ ‫ל ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ְ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ׁשה‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְׁש‬,‫א ָחד‬
ֶ ‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ְּב‬
‫ׁשגֶן‬
ֶ ‫ּפ ְת‬
ַ ‫ יד‬.‫בוז‬
ֹ ‫ ָל‬,‫ּוׁש ָל ָלם‬
ְ ;‫א ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ ֹח ֶדׁש‬-‫הּוא‬
,‫ ָּגלּוי‬,‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ּדת‬
ָ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ ְל ִהּנ‬,‫ַה ְּכ ָתב‬
‫ טו‬.‫הּזֶה‬
ַ ‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ ַל‬,‫ע ִת ִדים‬
ֲ ‫יות‬
ֹ ‫ ִל ְה‬--‫ ָה ַע ִּמים‬-‫ְל ָכל‬
‫ ְו ַה ָּדת‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִּב ְד ַבר‬,‫חּופים‬
ִ ‫ד‬
ְ ‫ָצאּו‬
ְ ‫ָה ָר ִצים י‬
‫ָׁשבּו‬
ְ ‫ו ָה ָמן י‬
ְ ‫ירה; ְו ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ
‫ ְּב‬,‫ִנ ְּתנָה‬
.‫ָבו ָכה‬
ֹ ‫ירׁשּוׁשןנ‬
ָ
‫ ְו ָה ִע‬,‫ּתות‬
ֹ ‫ִל ְׁש‬
‫פרקד‬
,‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ׁשר נ‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ ָּכל‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ָדע‬
ַ ‫ י‬,‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫א‬
;‫ָא ֶפר‬
ֵ ‫ׂשק ו‬
ַ ‫ַּי ְל ַּבׁש‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ ְּב ָג ָדיו‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ַּי ְק ַרע‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ ב‬.‫הּומ ָרה‬
ָ
‫דו ָל‬
ֹ ‫הג‬
ְ ‫קז ָע ָק‬
ְ ‫ַּי ְז ַע‬
ִ ‫ו‬,‫ה ִעיר‬
ָ ‫תו ְך‬
ֹ ‫אּב‬
ְ ‫ֵצ‬
ֵ ‫ַוּי‬
‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ל‬
ָ ‫אין‬
ֵ ‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ ַעד‬,‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ַוּי‬
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every province, published to all the peoples, to be
ready for that day. The couriers went forth in haste by
the king's order, and the edict was given in Shushan
the capital, and the king and Haman sat down to drink,
and the city of Shushan was perturbed.
Chapter 4
And Mordechai knew all that had transpired, and
Mordechai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and
ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city and
cried [with] a loud and bitter cry. And he came up as
far as the king's gate, for one may not enter the king's
gate dressed in sackcloth. And in every province,
wherever the king's orders and his edict reached, there
was great mourning for the Jews, and fasting and
weeping and lamenting; sackcloth and ashes were put
on the most prominent. And Esther's maidens and her
chamberlains came and told her, and the queen was
extremely terrified, and she sent clothing to dress
Mordechai and to take off his sackcloth, but he did not
accept [it]. Then Esther summoned Hathach, [one] of
the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed
before her, and she commanded him concerning
Mordechai, to know what this was and why this was.
So Hathach went forth to Mordechai, to the city
square, which was before the king's gate. And
Mordechai told him all that had befallen him, and the
full account of the silver that Haman had proposed to
weigh out into the king's treasuries on the Jews'
account, to cause them to perish. And the copy of the
writ of the decree that was given in Shushan he gave
him, to show Esther and to tell her, and to order her to
come before the king to beseech him and to beg him
for her people. And Hathach came, and he told Esther
what Mordechai had said. And Esther said to Hathach,
and she ordered him to [tell] Mordechai: "All the king's
servants and the people of the king's provinces know
that any man or woman who comes to the king, into
the inner court, who is not summoned, there is but one
law for him, to be put to death, except the one to whom
the king extends the golden scepter, that he may live,
but I have not been summoned to come to the king
these thirty days." And they told Esther's words to
Mordechai. And Mordechai ordered to reply to Esther,
"Do not imagine to yourself that you will escape in the
king's house from among all the Jews. For if you
remain silent at this time, relief and rescue will arise for
the Jews from elsewhere, and you and your father's
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‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬-‫ּוב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ ג‬.‫ׂשק‬
ָ ‫ ִּב ְלבּוׁש‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ -‫ֶאל‬
--‫יע‬
ַ ‫מ ִּג‬
ַ ‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ו ָד‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ּד ַבר‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫קום‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ‬,‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ
‫ׂשק‬
ַ ;‫ּומ ְס ֵּפד‬
ִ ‫ּוב ִכי‬
ְ ‫צום‬
ֹ ‫ ְו‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ל ְּי‬
ַ ‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ּג‬
ָ ‫ֵא ֶבל‬
(‫בואנָה‬
ֹ ‫ַּת‬
ָ ‫ ד ותבואינה )ו‬.‫ל ַר ִּבים‬
ָ ‫ֻּצע‬
ַ ‫ י‬,‫ָא ֶפר‬
ֵ‫ו‬
‫ַּת ְת ַח ְל ַחל‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫לּה‬
ָ ‫ַּגידּו‬
ִ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫יה‬
ָ ‫יס‬
ֶ ‫ו ָס ִר‬
ְ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫רות‬
ֹ ‫ַע‬
ֲ‫נ‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ל ַה ְל ִּביׁש‬
ְ ‫ּב ָג ִדים‬
ְ ‫ַּת ְׁש ַלח‬
ִ ‫ ְמ ֹאד; ו‬,‫ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
‫ ה‬.‫ק ֵּבל‬
ִ ‫ ְו ֹלא‬--‫מ ָע ָליו‬
ֵ ‫ּקו‬
ֹ ‫ׂש‬
ַ ‫ּול ָה ִסיר‬
ְ ,‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יסי‬
ֵ ‫מ ָּס ִר‬
ִ ‫ה ָת ְך‬
ֲ ‫ל‬
ַ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ְק ָרא‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ ָל ַד ַעת‬--‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ַּת ַצּוֵהּו‬
ְ ‫ ו‬,‫ֶיה‬
ָ ‫ל ָפנ‬
ְ ‫ע ִמיד‬
ֱ ‫ֶה‬
-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ה ָת ְך‬
ֲ ‫ֵצא‬
ֵ ‫ ו ַוּי‬.‫ּזֶה‬-‫ ַמה‬-‫ ְו ַעל‬,‫ּזֶה‬-‫ַמה‬
-‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ה ִעיר‬
ָ ‫חוב‬
ֹ ‫ ְר‬-‫ ֶאל‬--‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
;‫ק ָרהּו‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ ֵאת‬,‫ֳכי‬
ַ ‫מ ְרּד‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ -‫ ז ַו ַּיּגֶד‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫קול‬
ֹ ‫ל ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫א ַמר‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ה ֶּכ ֶסף‬
ַ ‫ׁשת‬
ַ ‫ּפ ָר‬
ָ ‫ְו ֵאת‬
.‫ ְל ַא ְּב ָדם‬--(‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך ביהודיים ) ַּב ְּי‬
ַ ‫ ִּג ְנזֵי‬-‫ַעל‬
‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ ִנ ַּתן‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ָּדת‬-‫ּכ ָתב‬
ְ ‫ׁשגֶן‬
ֶ ‫ ַּפ ְת‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫ח‬
,‫ ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫ ְל ַה ְר‬--‫לו‬
ֹ
‫ָתן‬
ַ ‫ נ‬,‫ידם‬
ָ ‫ְל ַה ְׁש ִמ‬
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ ָל‬,‫יה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶל‬
ָ ‫ּוות‬
ֹ ‫ּול ַצ‬
ְ ;‫לּה‬
ָ ‫ּול ַה ִּגיד‬
ְ
‫ט‬
.‫ ַע ָּמּה‬-‫ ַעל‬--‫מ ְּל ָפנָיו‬
ִ ‫ּול ַב ֵּקׁש‬
ְ
‫לו‬
ֹ -‫ְל ִה ְת ַחּנֶן‬
‫ י‬.‫תּד ְב ֵרי ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
ִ ‫ ֵא‬,‫ּתר‬
ֵ ‫ֵדל ֶא ְס‬
ְ ‫ה ָת ְך; ַו ַּיּג‬
ֲ ,‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ַוּי‬
‫ יא‬.‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬-‫ֵהּואל‬
ֶ
‫ַּת ַצּו‬
ְ ‫ו‬,‫ה ָת ְך‬
ֲ ‫רל‬
ַ ‫רא ְס ֵּת‬
ֶ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ‫ו‬
,‫י ְד ִעים‬
ֹ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ו ַעם‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ַע ְב ֵדי‬-‫ָּכל‬
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ֶאל‬-‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ׁשר י‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ּׁשה‬
ָ ‫ו ִא‬
ְ ‫ ִאיׁש‬-‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
‫תו‬
ֹ ‫תּד‬
ָ ‫אא ַח‬
ַ ‫ ִי ָּק ֵר‬-‫רלא‬
ֹ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫יתא‬
ֲ
‫ימ‬
ִ ‫רה ְּפ ִנ‬
ַ ‫ ֶה ָח ֵצ‬-‫ֶאל‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫לו‬
ֹ -‫יו ִׁשיט‬
ֹ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫מ‬
ֵ ‫ ְל ַבד‬,‫ְל ָה ִמית‬
‫בוא‬
ֹ ‫ל‬
ָ ‫אתי‬
ִ ‫נ ְק ֵר‬
ִ ‫ ֹלא‬,‫ַא ִני‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ָחיָה; ו‬,‫ָהב‬
ָ ‫הּז‬
ַ ‫ׁש ְר ִביט‬
ַ
‫ַּגידּו‬
ִ ‫יב ַוּי‬
.‫יום‬
ֹ
‫לו ִׁשים‬
ֹ ‫ ְׁש‬,‫זֶה‬--‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ֶאל‬
,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ יג ו‬.‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ּד ְב ֵרי‬
ִ ‫ ֵאת‬,‫ְל ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
‫ ְל ִה ָּמ ֵלט‬,‫ׁש ְך‬
ֵ ‫ַפ‬
ְ ‫יבנ‬
ְ ‫ ְּת ַד ִּמ‬-‫אל‬
ַ :‫ ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬-‫יבאל‬
ֶ
‫ְל ָה ִׁש‬
‫ח ֵרׁש‬
ֲ ‫ ַה‬-‫אם‬
ִ ‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ יד‬.‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫מ ָּכל‬
ִ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ֵּבית‬
‫מוד‬
ֹ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ו ַה ָּצ ָלה י‬
ְ ‫ ֶרוַח‬--‫ה ֹּזאת‬
ַ ‫ ָּב ֵעת‬,‫יׁשי‬
ִ ‫ח ִר‬
ֲ ‫ַּת‬
‫יך‬
ְ ‫ ָא ִב‬-‫ּובית‬
ֵ
‫ ְו ַא ְּת‬,‫א ֵחר‬
ַ ‫קום‬
ֹ ‫מ ָּמ‬
ִ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַל ְּי‬
‫ ִה ַּג ַע ְּת‬,‫ּכ ֹזאת‬
ָ ‫ ְל ֵעת‬-‫ ִאם‬--‫יו ֵד ַע‬
ֹ ‫ּומי‬
ִ ;‫אבדּו‬
ֵ ‫ֹּת‬
-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ ְל ָה ִׁשיב‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ טו ו‬.‫ַל ַּמ ְלכּות‬
‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫את‬
ֶ
‫נוס‬
ֹ ‫ּכ‬
ְ
‫ל ְך‬
ֵ ‫טז‬
.‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬
‫אכלּו‬
ְ ‫ ֹּת‬-‫ו ַאל‬
ְ ‫ע ַלי‬
ָ ‫ ְוצּומּו‬,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ַה ִּנ ְמ ְצ ִאים‬
‫א ִני‬
ֲ -‫ ַּגם‬--‫ָיום‬
ֹ ‫ל ְי ָלה ו‬
ַ ‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ׁשת י‬
ֶ ‫ׁש ֹל‬
ְ ‫ ִּת ְׁשּתּו‬-‫ְו ַאל‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫אאל‬
ֶ ‫בו‬
ֹ ‫ןא‬
ָ ‫ּוב ֵכ‬
ְ ;‫צּוםּכן‬
ֵ
‫ ָא‬,‫ַע ֹר ַתי‬
ֲ ‫ְונ‬
,‫ַע ֹבר‬
ֲ ‫ יז ַוּי‬.‫ ָא ָב ְד ִּתי‬,‫א ַב ְד ִּתי‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ַכ‬,‫ ַכ ָּדת‬-‫ֹלא‬
.‫יוא ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫הע ָל‬
ָ ‫ ִצ ְּו ָת‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫לא‬
ֲ ‫ ְּכ ֹכ‬,‫ַעׂש‬
ַ ‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי; ַוּי‬
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household will perish; and who knows whether at a
time like this you will attain the kingdom?" Then Esther
ordered to reply to Mordechai: "Go, assemble all the
Jews who are present in Shushan and fast on my
behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, day
and night; also I and my maidens will fast in a like
manner; then I will go to the king contrary to the law,
and if I perish, I perish." So Mordechai passed and did
according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Chapter 5
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther
clothed herself regally, and she stood in the inner court
of the king's house, opposite the king's house, and the
king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal palace,
opposite the entrance of the house. And it came to
pass when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the
court, that she won favor in his eyes, and the king
extended to Esther the golden scepter that was in his
hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of
the scepter. And the king said to her, "What concerns
you, Queen Esther, and what is your petition? Even to
half the kingdom, it will be given to you." And Esther
said, "If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman
come today to the banquet that I have prepared for
him." And the king said, "Rush Haman to do Esther's
bidding," and the king and Haman came to the
banquet that Esther had prepared. And the king said to
Esther during the wine banquet, "What is your petition?
It shall be granted you. And what is your request?
Even up to half the kingdom, it shall be fulfilled." Then
Esther replied and said, "My petition and my request
[are as follows]: If I have found favor in the king's eyes,
and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to
fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the
banquet that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will
do the king's bidding." And Haman went out on that
day, happy and with a cheerful heart, but when Haman
saw Mordechai in the king's gate, and he neither rose
nor stirred because of him, Haman was filled with
wrath against Mordechai. But Haman restrained
himself, and he came home, and he sent and brought
his friends and Zeresh his wife. And Haman recounted
to them the glory of his riches and the multitude of his
sons, and all [the ways] that the king had promoted
him and that he had exalted him over the princes and
the king's servants. And Haman said, "Esther did not
even bring [anyone] to the party that she made, except
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‫פרקה‬
‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ְל ַּבׁש‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫יׁשי‬
ִ ‫ה ְּׁש ִל‬
ַ ‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫ַי ִהי‬
ְ ‫א ו‬
,‫ימית‬
ִ ‫ה ְּפ ִנ‬
ַ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ּבית‬
ֵ ‫ח ַצר‬
ֲ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫ע ֹמד‬
ֲ ‫ַּת‬
ַ ‫ ו‬,‫ַמ ְלכּות‬
‫ ִּכ ֵּסא‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ׁשב‬
ֵ ‫יו‬
ֹ
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ְו ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּבית‬
ֵ ‫ֹנ ַכח‬
‫ ב‬.‫חה ָּב ִית‬
ַ ‫ ֶּפ ַת‬,‫ ֹנ ַכח‬,‫יתה ַּמ ְלכּות‬
ַ
‫ ְּב ֵב‬,‫כּותו‬
ֹ
‫ַמ ְל‬
‫ ֹע ֶמ ֶדת‬,‫רה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ ֶא ְס ֵּת‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫תה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫או‬
ֹ ‫יכ ְר‬
ִ ‫ַי ִה‬
ְ‫ו‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשט‬
ֶ ‫ַּיו‬
ֹ ‫ ְּב ֵעינָיו; ו‬,‫חן‬
ֵ ‫ָׂש ָאה‬
ְ ‫נ‬--‫ֶּב ָח ֵצר‬
‫ַּת ְק ַרב‬
ִ ‫ו‬,‫ָדו‬
ֹ ‫רּבי‬
ְ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫בא‬
ֲ ‫ָה‬
ָ ‫יטהּז‬
ַ
‫ׁש ְר ִב‬
ַ -‫ ֶאת‬,‫ְל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫לּה‬
ָ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ג ו‬.‫ּׁש ְר ִביט‬
ַ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ּב ֹראׁש‬
ְ ‫ַּת ַּגע‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫ׁש ֵת ְך‬
ָ ‫ ַּב ָּק‬-‫ּומה‬
ַ ;‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ ָּל ְך‬-‫ ַמה‬,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫רא ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ דו‬.‫ןל ְך‬
ָ ‫ָת‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ִיּנ‬,‫יה ַּמ ְלכּות‬
ַ ‫ח ִצ‬
ֲ -‫ַעד‬
,‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ו ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫י‬--‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫ִאם‬
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ה ו‬.‫לו‬
ֹ
‫יתי‬
ִ ‫ ָע ִׂש‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫ֶאל‬
‫ ְּד ַבר‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬,‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫הרּו‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ‬--‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫הא‬
ֲ ‫ּת‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ו ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫אה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָב‬
ֹ ‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר; ַוּי‬
‫ל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ו ו‬.‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ָע ְׂש ָתה‬
-‫ּומה‬
ַ ;‫ל ְך‬
ָ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ו ִיּנ‬
ְ ‫ ְּׁש ֵא ָל ֵת ְך‬-‫ ַמה‬,‫הּי ִַין‬
ַ ‫ְּב ִמ ְׁש ֵּתה‬
‫ַּת ַען‬
ַ ‫ ז ו‬.‫ ְו ֵת ָעׂש‬,‫ה ַּמ ְלכּות‬
ַ ‫ח ִצי‬
ֲ -‫עד‬
ַ ‫ׁש ֵת ְך‬
ָ ‫ַּב ָּק‬
-‫אם‬
ִ ‫ ח‬.‫ׁש ִתי‬
ָ ‫ּוב ָּק‬
ַ ,‫ׁש ֵא ָל ִתי‬
ְ :‫אמר‬
ַ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ ו‬,‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
,‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫ ְו ִאם‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ֵעינֵי‬
ְ ‫חן‬
ֵ ‫אתי‬
ִ ‫ָמ ָצ‬
‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫י‬--‫ׁש ִתי‬
ָ ‫ ַּב ָּק‬-‫תאת‬
ֶ ‫ׂשו‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ַל‬,‫ ְׁש ֵא ָל ִתי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ָל ֵתת‬
,‫ל ֶהם‬
ָ ‫ׂשה‬
ֶ‫ע‬
ֱ ‫א‬
ֶ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ו ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ןּב‬
ַ ‫אה ָמ‬
ָ ‫ֵצ‬
ֵ ‫ ט ַוּי‬.‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִּכ ְד ַב‬,‫ׂשה‬
ֶ‫ע‬
ֱ ‫רא‬
ֶ ‫ּומ ָח‬
ָ
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫לב; ְו ִכ ְר‬
ֵ ‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫ׂש ֵמ ַח‬
ָ ,‫ַההּוא‬
--‫מ ֶּמּנּו‬
ִ ‫זָע‬-‫ו ֹלא‬
ְ ‫ ָקם‬-‫ ְו ֹלא‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
,‫קה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ַּי ְת ַא ַּפ‬
ִ ‫ י ו‬.‫ ֵח ָמה‬,‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬-‫ןעל‬
ַ ‫אה ָמ‬
ָ ‫ַּי ָּמ ֵל‬
ִ‫ו‬
,‫ה ָביו‬
ֲ ‫ ֹא‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ָבא‬
ֵ ‫ַּי ְׁש ַלח ַוּי‬
ִ ‫יתו; ו‬
ֹ ‫ ֵּב‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ַוּי‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ל ֶהם‬
ָ ‫ַי ַס ֵּפר‬
ְ ‫ יא ו‬.‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫א ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ֶרׁש‬
ֶ ‫ז‬-‫ְו ֶאת‬
‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ּג ְּד‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ּבנָיו; ְו ֵאת‬
ָ ‫ ְו ֹרב‬,‫רו‬
ֹ ‫ע ְׁש‬
ָ ‫בוד‬
ֹ ‫ְּכ‬
‫ו ַע ְב ֵדי‬
ְ ‫ּׂש ִרים‬
ָ ‫ ַה‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫או‬
ֹ ‫נ ְּׂש‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ו ֵאת‬
ְ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫יאה‬
ָ ‫ ֵה ִב‬-‫לא‬
ֹ ‫ ַאף‬--‫ ָה ָמן‬,‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ יב ו‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫הא‬
ֲ ‫ּת‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫העם‬
ִ ‫רה ַּמ ְל ָּכ‬
ַ ‫ֶא ְס ֵּת‬
-‫קרּוא‬
ָ ‫א ִני‬
ֲ ‫ ְל ָמ ָחר‬-‫או ִתי; ְו ַגם‬
ֹ -‫אם‬
ִ ‫ ִּכי‬,‫ׂש ָתה‬
ָ ‫ָע‬
:‫לי‬
ִ ‫ׁשוֶה‬
ֹ ‫ ֵאינֶּנּו‬,‫זֶה‬-‫ו ָכל‬
ְ ‫ יג‬.‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ִעם‬,‫ָלּה‬
--‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫יה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬-‫האת‬
ֶ ‫יר ֶא‬
ֹ ‫רא ִנ‬
ֲ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ ֵעת‬-‫ְּב ָכל‬
‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ׁשא ְׁש‬
ִ
‫ֶר‬
ֶ ‫רלוז‬
ֹ
‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ ידו‬.‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַע‬
ַ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ׁשב‬
ֵ ‫יו‬
ֹ
,‫א ָּמה‬
ַ ‫ח ִמ ִּׁשים‬
ֲ ‫ּג ֹב ַּה‬
ָ ‫ ֵעץ‬-‫ַעׂשּו‬
ֲ ‫ י‬,‫ה ָביו‬
ֲ ‫ ֹא‬-‫ְו ָכל‬
,‫ע ָליו‬
ָ ‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ויִ ְתלּו‬
ְ ‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫א ֹמר‬
ֱ ‫ּוב ֹּב ֶקר‬
ַ
‫יטב‬
ַ ‫ַּי‬
ִ ‫ׂש ֵמ ַח; ו‬
ָ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ִעם‬-‫ּובא‬
ֹ
.‫ׂשה ֵעץ‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
ַ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫ֵיה ָמן‬
ָ ‫רל ְפנ‬
ִ ‫ַה ָּד ָב‬
‫פרקו‬
;‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשנַת‬
ְ ‫ָד ָדה‬
ְ ‫ נ‬,‫ההּוא‬
ַ ‫א ַּב ַּל ְי ָלה‬
‫ּד ְב ֵרי‬
ִ ‫נות‬
ֹ ‫ה ִּז ְכ ֹר‬
ַ ‫ ֵס ֶפר‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ ְל ָה ִביא‬,‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
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me, and tomorrow, too, I am invited to her with the
king. But all this is worth nothing to me, every time I
see Mordechai the Jew sitting in the king's gate." And
Zeresh his wife and all his friends said, "Let them
make a gallows fifty cubits high, and in the morning
say to the king that they should hang Mordechai on it,
and go to the king to the banquet joyfully." The matter
pleased Haman, and he made the gallows.
Chapter 6
On that night, the king's sleep was disturbed, and
he ordered to bring the book of the records, the
chronicles, and they were read before the king. And it
was found written that Mordechai had reported about
Bigthana and Teresh, two chamberlains of the king, of
the guards of the threshold, who had sought to lay a
hand on King Ahasuerus. And the king said, "What
honor and greatness was done to Mordechai on that
account?" And the king's servants who minister before
him said, "Nothing was done for him." And the king
said, "Who is in the court?" And Haman had come to
the outside court of the king's house, to petition the
king to hang Mordechai on the gallows that he had
prepared for him. And the king's servants said to him,
"Behold Haman is standing in the court." And the king
said, "Let him enter." And Haman entered, and the
king said to him, "What should be done to a man
whom the king wishes to honor?" And Haman said to
himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more
than me?" And Haman said to the King, "A man whom
the king wishes to honor. Let them bring the royal
raiment that the king wore and the horse that the king
rode upon, and the royal crown should be placed on
his head. And let the raiment and the horse be
delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble
princes and let them dress the man whom the king
wishes to honor, and let them parade him on the horse
in the city square and announce before him, 'So shall
be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!' "
And the king said to Haman, "Hurry, take the raiment
and the horse as you have spoken and do so to
Mordechai the Jew, who sits in the king's gate; let
nothing fail of all that you have spoken." And Haman
took the raiment and the horse, and he dressed
Mordechai and paraded him in the city square and
announced before him, "So shall be done to the man
whom the king wishes to honor!"
And Mordechai returned to the king's gate, and
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‫ַּי ָּמ ֵצא‬
ִ ‫ ב ו‬.‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫נ ְק ָר ִאים‬
ִ ‫ַּי ְהיּו‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ַהּי‬
‫ָת ֶרׁש‬
ֶ ‫ ִּב ְג ָתנָא ו‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ה ִּגיד‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ָכתּוב‬
‫רּב ְקׁשּו‬
ִ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ :‫ ַה ַּסף‬,‫ ִמ ֹּׁש ְמ ֵרי‬--‫יה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יס‬
ֵ ‫ֵיס ִר‬
ָ ‫ְׁשנ‬
--‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ג ו‬.‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ ַּב ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬,‫ִל ְׁש ֹל ַח יָד‬
;‫זֶה‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ל ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ְ ‫דּוּלה‬
ָ ‫ּוג‬
ְ
‫י ָקר‬
ְ ‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ּנ‬-‫ַמה‬
,‫ּמו‬
ֹ ‫הע‬
ִ ‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫נ‬-‫ ֹלא‬,‫ׁש ְר ָתיו‬
ָ ‫ ְמ‬,‫יה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַע ֵר‬
ֲ ‫אמרּונ‬
ְ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
,‫ּבא‬
ָ ‫ב ָח ֵצר; ְו ָה ָמן‬
ֶ ‫ ִמי‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ד ו‬.‫ָּד ָבר‬
,‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֹ ‫ ֵל‬,‫יצונָה‬
ֹ ‫ה ִח‬
ַ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ּבית‬
ֵ ‫ח ַצר‬
ֲ ‫ַל‬
‫ ה‬.‫יןלו‬
ֹ
‫ ֵה ִכ‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫ץא‬
ֲ ‫ ָה ֵע‬-‫יעל‬
ַ ‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬-‫תאת‬
ֶ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ִל ְת‬
‫ ֹע ֵמד‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ ִהּנֵה‬--‫ ֵא ָליו‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַע ֵרי‬
ֲ ‫אמרּו נ‬
ְ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
,‫ ָה ָמן‬,‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ ו ַוּי‬.‫ָבוא‬
ֹ ‫ י‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ֶּב ָח ֵצר; ו‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ּב ִאיׁש‬
ָ ‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַּל‬-‫ ַמה‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫לו‬
ֹ
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַו ֹּי‬
‫ ְל ִמי‬,‫ּבו‬
ֹ ‫ ְּב ִל‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫רו; ו‬
ֹ ‫יק‬
ָ ‫ּב‬
ִ ‫ח ֵפץ‬
ָ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ זו‬.‫רמ ֶּמ ִּני‬
ִ ‫יו ֵת‬
ֹ ,‫תי ָקר‬
ְ ‫ׂשו‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ל‬
ַ ‫ץה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַח ֹּפ‬
ְ‫י‬
‫ח ֵפץ‬
ָ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫איׁש‬
ִ :‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫ָה ָמן‬
‫ּבו‬
ֹ -‫ל ַבׁש‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫מ ְלכּות‬
ַ ‫לבּוׁש‬
ְ ‫ָביאּו‬
ִ ‫ ח י‬.‫רו‬
ֹ ‫יק‬
ָ ‫ִּב‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫ַא‬
ֲ ‫ ו‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ע ָליו‬
ָ ‫ר ַכב‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ְוסּוס‬
‫ה ְּלבּוׁש‬
ַ ‫ָתון‬
ֹ ‫ונ‬
ְ ‫ ט‬.‫אׁשו‬
ֹ
‫ ְּב ֹר‬,‫מ ְלכּות‬
ַ ‫תר‬
ֶ ‫ּכ‬
ֶ ‫ִנ ַּתן‬
,‫ה ַּפ ְר ְּת ִמים‬
ַ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּׂש ֵרי‬
ָ ‫מ‬
ִ ‫ ִאיׁש‬-‫יַד‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ְו ַהּסּוס‬
;‫רו‬
ֹ ‫יק‬
ָ ‫ץּב‬
ִ ‫ח ֵפ‬
ָ ‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ ָה ִאיׁש‬-‫יׁשּואת‬
ֶ
‫ְו ִה ְל ִּב‬
‫ ְו ָק ְראּו‬,‫ה ִעיר‬
ָ ‫חוב‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְר‬,‫ ַהּסּוס‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫יבהּו‬
ֻ ‫ְו ִה ְר ִּכ‬
‫ח ֵפץ‬
ָ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ל ִאיׁש‬
ָ ‫ׂשה‬
ֶ ‫ֵע‬
ָ ‫ ָּכ ָכה י‬,‫ְל ָפנָיו‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫קח‬
ַ ‫ ַמ ֵהר‬,‫ל ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ י ו‬.‫רו‬
ֹ ‫יק‬
ָ ‫ִּב‬
‫ ֵכן‬-‫ׂשה‬
ֵ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ ו‬,‫ּד ַּב ְר ָּת‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ּכ‬
ַ ‫ ַהּסּוס‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫ַה ְּלבּוׁש‬
-‫אל‬
ַ :‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַער‬
ַ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ׁשב‬
ֵ ‫ּיו‬
ֹ ‫ ַה‬,‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ְל ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ַּי ַּקח‬
ִ ‫ יא ו‬.‫ּד ַּב ְר ָּת‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ִמ ֹּכל‬,‫ּד ָבר‬
ָ ‫ַּת ֵּפל‬
;‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ַל ֵּבׁש‬
ְ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫ ַהּסּוס‬-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫ ַה ְּלבּוׁש‬-‫ֶאת‬
‫ ָּכ ָכה‬,‫ל ָפנָיו‬
ְ ‫ַּי ְק ָרא‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ה ִעיר‬
ָ ‫חוב‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְר‬,‫יבהּו‬
ֵ ‫ַר ִּכ‬
ְ ‫ַוּי‬
‫ָׁשב‬
ָ ‫ יב ַוּי‬.‫רו‬
ֹ ‫יק‬
ָ ‫ץּב‬
ִ ‫ח ֵפ‬
ָ ‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫יׁשא‬
ֲ
‫הל ִא‬
ָ ‫ׂש‬
ֶ ‫ֵע‬
ָ‫י‬
,‫יתו‬
ֹ ‫ ֵּב‬-‫ףאל‬
ֶ ‫ןנ ְד ַח‬
ִ ‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ְו ָה ָמ‬
ַ ‫ׁש ַע‬
ַ -‫ ֶאל‬,‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
,‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ׁשא ְׁש‬
ִ
‫ֶר‬
ֶ ‫ןלז‬
ְ ‫רה ָמ‬
ָ ‫ַי ַס ֵּפ‬
ְ ‫ יג ו‬.‫פּויראׁש‬
ֹ
‫ַח‬
ֲ ‫ָא ֵבלו‬
‫לו‬
ֹ ‫אמרּו‬
ְ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ק ָרהּו; ו‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ ָּכל‬,‫ ֵאת‬,‫ה ָביו‬
ֲ ‫ ֹא‬-‫ּול ָכל‬
ְ
‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ֶרע‬
ַ ‫מּז‬
ִ ‫ ִאם‬,‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫א ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ו ֶז ֶרׁש‬
ְ ‫ח ָכ ָמיו‬
ֲ
-‫ללו‬
ֹ
‫תּוכ‬
ַ -‫ָיולא‬
ֹ ‫לל ָפנ‬
ְ ‫ל ְנ ֹּפ‬
ִ ‫ּלו ָת‬
ֹ ‫רה ִח‬
ַ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫יא‬
ֲ ‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬
,‫ּמו‬
ֹ ‫יםע‬
ִ
‫םמ ַד ְּב ִר‬
ְ ‫עו ָד‬
ֹ ‫ יד‬.‫ ְל ָפנָיו‬,‫ּפול‬
ֹ ‫לּת‬
ִ ‫ָפו‬
ֹ ‫נ‬-‫ ִּכי‬,‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫יאאת‬
ֶ
‫לּול ָה ִב‬
ְ
‫ַב ִה‬
ְ ‫ה ִּגיעּו; ַוּי‬
ִ ‫יה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יס‬
ֵ ‫ְו ָס ִר‬
.‫הא ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ ָע ְׂש ָת‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫הא‬
ֲ ‫ּת‬
ֶ ‫ ַה ִּמ ְׁש‬-‫ֶאל‬
‫פרקז‬
-‫עם‬
ִ ‫ּתות‬
ֹ ‫ ִל ְׁש‬,‫ו ָה ָמן‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָבא‬
ֹ ‫א ַוּי‬
‫ּגם‬
ַ ‫ל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ב ו‬.‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫ ְּׁש ֵא ָל ֵת ְך‬-‫ ַמה‬--‫הּי ִַין‬
ַ
‫ּתה‬
ֵ ‫ ְּב ִמ ְׁש‬
,‫ּׁש ִני‬
ֵ ‫ה‬
ַ
‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ַּב‬
-‫עד‬
ַ ‫ׁש ֵת ְך‬
ָ ‫ ַּב ָּק‬-‫ּומה‬
ַ ;‫ל ְך‬
ָ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ִתּנ‬,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
,‫רה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ןא ְס ֵּת‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ַע‬
ַ ‫ ג ו‬.‫ ְו ֵת ָעׂש‬,‫יה ַּמ ְלכּות‬
ַ ‫ח ִצ‬
ֲ
8
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Haman rushed home, mourning and with his head
covered. And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and
to all his friends all that had befallen him, and his wise
men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordechai,
before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish
stock, you will not prevail against him, but you will
surely fall before him." While they were still talking to
him, the king's chamberlains arrived, and hastened to
bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Chapter 7
So the king and Haman came to drink with Queen
Esther. And the king said to Esther also on the second
day during the wine feast, "What is your petition,
Queen Esther, and it shall be given to you. And what is
your request, even up to half the kingdom, and it shall
be granted." And Queen Esther replied and said, "If I
have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases
the king, may my life be given me in my petition and
my people in my request. For we have been sold, I and
my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish;
now had we been sold for slaves and bondswomen, I
would have kept silent, for the adversary has no
consideration for the king's loss."
And King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Queen
Esther, "Who is this and where is he, who dared to do
this?" And Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy,
this evil Haman!" And Haman became terrified before
the king and the queen. And the king arose in his fury
from the wine feast to the orchard garden, and Haman
stood to beg for his life of Queen Esther, for he saw
that evil was determined against him by the king. Then
the king returned from the orchard garden to the house
of the wine feast, and Haman was falling on the couch
upon which Esther was, and the king said, "Will you
even force the queen with me in the house?" The word
came out of the king's mouth, and they covered
Haman's face. Then said Harbonah, one of the
chamberlains before the king, "Also, behold the
gallows that Haman made for Mordechai, who spoke
well for the king, standing in Haman's house, fifty
cubits high!" And the king said, "Hang him on it!" And
they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had
prepared for Mordechai, and the king's anger abated.
Chapter 8
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther
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-‫ ְו ִאם‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ֶיך‬
ָ ‫ּב ֵעינ‬
ְ ‫חן‬
ֵ ‫אתי‬
ִ ‫ ָמ ָצ‬-‫ ִאם‬--‫אמר‬
ַ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ‫ו‬
‫ ְו ַע ִּמי‬,‫יּב ְׁש ֵא ָל ִתי‬
ִ ‫ַפ ִׁש‬
ְ ‫ ִלינ‬-‫ָתן‬
ֶ ‫ּתּנ‬
ִ :‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ַעל‬
‫ ְל ַה ְׁש ִמיד‬,‫ו ַע ִּמי‬
ְ ‫א ִני‬
ֲ ‫נ ְמ ַּכ ְרנּו‬
ִ ‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ ד‬.‫ׁש ִתי‬
ָ ‫ְּב ַב ָּק‬
‫חות‬
ֹ ‫ו ִל ְׁש ָפ‬
ְ ‫ע ָב ִדים‬
ֲ ‫ל‬
ַ ‫ּול ַא ֵּבד; ְו ִאּלּו‬
ְ
‫רוג‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ֲ ‫ַל‬
‫ ְּב ֵנזֶק‬,‫ׁשוֶה‬
ֹ ‫ה ָּצר‬
ַ ‫אין‬
ֵ ‫ ִּכי‬--‫ח ַר ְׁש ִּתי‬
ֱ ‫ ֶה‬,‫ִנ ְמ ַּכ ְרנּו‬
.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ו‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ה ו‬
,‫זֶה הּוא‬-‫ו ֵאי‬
ְ ‫מי הּוא זֶה‬
ִ :‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ְל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
-‫רא ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ ו ו‬.‫תּכן‬
ֵ ‫ׂשו‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ל‬
ַ ‫ּבו‬
ֹ ‫ל‬
ִ ‫או‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ָל‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫נ ְב ַעת‬
ִ ‫הּזֶה; ְו ָה ָמן‬
ַ ‫ה ָרע‬
ָ ‫ ָה ָמן‬,‫אויֵב‬
ֹ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫צר‬
ַ ‫ ִאיׁש‬,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ח ָמ‬
ֲ ‫םּב‬
ַ ‫ק‬
ָ ‫ו ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ְ ‫ ז‬.‫ו ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ְ ‫ֵיה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ִמ ִּל ְפנ‬
,‫ע ַמד‬
ָ ‫יתן; ְו ָה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ ַה ִּב‬,‫ ִּגּנַת‬-‫ ֶאל‬,‫הּי ִַין‬
ַ ‫ִמ ִּמ ְׁש ֵּתה‬
,‫ר ָאה‬
ָ ‫ ִּכי‬--‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫מ ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ֵ ‫ׁשו‬
ֹ ‫ַפ‬
ְ ‫נ‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ְל ַב ֵּקׁש‬
‫ו ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ְ ‫ ח‬.‫תה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫המ ֵא‬
ֵ ‫יוה ָר ָע‬
ָ ‫הא ָל‬
ֵ ‫ ָכ ְל ָת‬-‫ִּכי‬
‫ ְו ָה ָמן‬,‫הּי ִַין‬
ַ ‫מ ְׁש ֵּתה‬
ִ ‫ ֵּבית‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫יתן‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫מ ִּגּנַת‬
ִ ‫ׁשב‬
ָ
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ ו‬,‫יה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶל‬
ָ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ִּמ ָּטה‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ֹנ ֵפל‬
;‫ע ִּמי ַּב ָּב ִית‬
ִ ‫ ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ּבוׁש‬
ֹ ‫ל ְכ‬
ִ ‫ה ַגם‬
ֲ ,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ ט‬.‫ ָחפּו‬,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ּופנֵי‬
ְ ,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫מ ִּפי‬
ִ ‫ָצא‬
ָ ‫ י‬,‫ַה ָּד ָבר‬
,‫ֵיה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫יםל ְפנ‬
ִ
‫יס‬
ִ ‫ ַה ָּס ִר‬-‫דמן‬
ִ ‫ָהא ָח‬
ֶ ‫בונ‬
ֹ ‫רח ְר‬
ַ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ל ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ְ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ׂשה‬
ָ ‫ ָע‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ָה ֵעץ‬-‫הּנֵה‬
ִ ‫ַּגם‬
,‫ ָּג ֹב ַּה‬--‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ּב ֵבית‬
ְ ‫ע ֵמד‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫טוב‬
ֹ -‫ִּד ֶּבר‬
‫ י‬.‫ע ָליו‬
ָ ‫ ְּת ֻלהּו‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫א ָּמה; ו‬
ַ ‫ח ִמ ִּׁשים‬
ֲ
‫ ֵה ִכין‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ ָה ֵעץ‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ַּי ְתלּו‬
ִ‫ו‬
.‫ׁש ָכ ָכה‬
ָ ,‫תה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ַח ַמ‬
ֲ ‫ְל ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי;ו‬
‫פרקח‬
‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָתן‬
ַ ‫ נ‬,‫ההּוא‬
ַ ‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫א‬
‫ ֹצ ֵרר‬
,‫ה ָמן‬
ָ
‫ ֵּבית‬-‫ ֶאת‬
,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ
‫ְל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ ָּבא‬,‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ;(‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫היהודיים ) ַה ְּי‬
‫ ב‬.‫ ָלּה‬-‫ ַמה הּוא‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ידה‬
ָ ‫ ִה ִּג‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫מ ָה ָמן‬
ֵ ‫ע ִביר‬
ֱ ‫ה‬
ֶ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ ַט ַּב ְע‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ָסר‬
ַ ‫ַוּי‬
,‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ׂשם‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ָ ‫ ְל ָמ ְר ֳּד ָכי; ו‬,‫ַּי ְּתנָּה‬
ִ‫ו‬
.‫יתה ָמן‬
ָ
‫ ֵּב‬-‫ַעל‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ַּת ַד ֵּבר‬
ְ ‫ ו‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּתו ֶסף‬
ֹ ‫ג ו‬
‫ע ִביר‬
ֲ ‫ ְל ַה‬,‫לו‬
ֹ -‫ַּת ְת ַחּנֶן‬
ִ ‫ַּת ְב ְּך ו‬
ֵ ‫ר ְג ָליו; ו‬
ַ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫ַּת ֹּפל‬
ִ‫ו‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ׁש ְב‬
ַ‫ח‬
ֲ ‫מ‬
ַ ‫ ְו ֵאת‬,‫א ָג ִגי‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ ָר ַעת‬-‫ֶאת‬
,‫ל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשט‬
ֶ ‫ַּיו‬
ֹ ‫ ד ו‬.‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ׁשב‬
ַ ‫ָח‬
‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ע ֹמד‬
ֲ ‫ַּת‬
ַ ‫ ו‬,‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ָקם‬
ָ ‫ָהב; ו‬
ָ ‫הּז‬
ַ ‫ׁש ְר ִבט‬
ַ ‫ֵאת‬
-‫ו ִאם‬
ְ ‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫אם‬
ִ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ ה ו‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ה ָּד ָבר‬
ַ ‫ׁשר‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ָכ‬,‫ל ָפנָיו‬
ְ ‫חן‬
ֵ ‫אתי‬
ִ ‫ָמ ָצ‬
-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ל ָה ִׁשיב‬
ְ ‫ ִי ָּכ ֵתב‬--‫ ְּב ֵעינָיו‬,‫א ִני‬
ֲ ‫טו ָבה‬
ֹ ‫ְו‬
,‫א ָג ִגי‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ ַה ְּמ ָד ָתא‬-‫ּבן‬
ֶ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ׁש ֶבת‬
ֶ‫ח‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ‬,‫ַה ְּס ָפ ִרים‬
9
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the house of Haman the adversary of the Jews, and
Mordechai came before the king, because Esther had
told him what he was to her. And the king took off his
ring, which he had removed from Haman and gave it to
Mordechai, and Esther placed Mordechai in charge of
the house of Haman. And Esther resumed speaking
before the king, and she fell before his feet, and she
wept and beseeched him to avert the harm of Haman
the Agagite and his device that he had plotted against
the Jews. Then the king extended the golden scepter
to Esther, and Esther arose and stood before the king.
And she said, "If it please the king, and if I have found
favor before him, and the matter is proper before the
king, and I am good in his sight, let it be written to
rescind the letters, the device of Haman the son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy
the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. For how
can I see the evil that will befall my people, and how
can I see the destruction of my kindred?"
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to
Mordechai the Jew, "Behold the house of Haman I
have given to Esther, and they have hanged him on
the gallows because he laid a hand on the Jews. And
you-write about the Jews as you see fit, in the name of
the king, and seal [it] with the king's ring, for a writ that
is written in the name of the king and sealed with the
king's ring cannot be rescinded." And the king's scribes
were summoned at that time, in the third month-that is
the month of Sivan-on the twenty-third day thereof,
and it was written according to all that Mordechai
commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the
governors, and the princes of the provinces from Hodu
to Cush, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, every
province according to its script and every nationality
according to its tongue, and to the Jews according to
their script and according to their tongue. And he wrote
in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the
king's ring, and he sent letters by the couriers on
horseback, the riders of the king's steeds-the camels,
bred of the dromedaries that the king had given to the
Jews who are in every city, [the right] to assemble and
to protect themselves, to destroy, to slay, and to cause
to perish the entire host of every people and province
that oppress them, small children and women, and to
take their spoils for plunder. In one day, in all the
provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the
twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. The copy of
the writ was that an edict be given in every province,
published before all the peoples, and that the Jews be
These pages contain holy writing, please do not discard or deface.
-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ל ַא ֵּבד‬
ְ ‫ּכ ַתב‬
ָ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫יתי‬
ִ ‫ ְו ָר ִא‬,‫אּוכל‬
ַ
‫יכ ָכה‬
ָ ‫א‬
ֵ ‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ ו‬.‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ְמ ִד‬
‫אּוכל‬
ַ
‫יכ ָכה‬
ָ ‫ ַע ִּמי; ְו ֵא‬-‫את‬
ֶ ‫ ִי ְמ ָצא‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ָּב ָר ָעה‬
.‫ןמו ַל ְד ִּתי‬
ֹ
‫ ְּב ָא ְב ַד‬,‫יתי‬
ִ ‫ְו ָר ִא‬
‫ל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ֵרׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ז ו‬
‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫בית‬
ֵ ‫הּנֵה‬
ִ :‫הּודי‬
ִ ְ‫הּי‬
ַ ‫ּול ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ְ ,‫ַה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫לא‬
ֲ ‫ ַע‬--‫ ָה ֵעץ‬-‫לּועל‬
ַ
‫ּת‬
ָ ‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ֹא‬,‫יל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ָת ִּת‬
ַ‫נ‬
‫ּתם‬
ֶ ‫ו ַא‬
ְ ‫ ח‬.(‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ביהודיים ) ַּב ְּי‬,‫ָדו‬
ֹ ‫ׁש ַלח י‬
ָ
‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ֵיכם‬
ֶ ‫ּב ֵעינ‬
ְ ‫ּטוב‬
ֹ ‫ּכ‬
ַ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ִּכ ְתבּו‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫בא‬
ֲ ‫ ְכ ָת‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫תה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ְּב ַט ַּב ַע‬,‫ ְו ִח ְתמּו‬,‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
--‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ַט ַּב ַעת‬
ְ ‫ּתום‬
ֹ ‫ַח‬
ְ ‫ ְונ‬,‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ִנ ְכ ָּתב‬
-‫ּב ֵעת‬
ָ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ס ְפ ֵרי‬
ֹ ‫ַּי ָּק ְראּו‬
ִ ‫ ט ו‬.‫ל ָה ִׁשיב‬
ְ ‫ֵאין‬
,‫סיוָן‬
ִ
‫ ֹח ֶדׁש‬-‫יׁשי הּוא‬
ִ ‫ה ְּׁש ִל‬
ַ ‫ּב ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ַ ‫ַה ִהיא‬
‫ ִצּוָה‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ -‫ּכ ָכל‬
ְ ‫ַּי ָּכ ֵתב‬
ִ ‫ ו‬,‫ּבו‬
ֹ ‫ו ֶע ְׂש ִרים‬
ְ ‫ׁשה‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ִּב ְׁש‬
-‫א ַח ְׁש ַּד ְר ְּפ ִנים‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ו ֶאל‬
ְ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
‫ּכּוׁש‬-‫ו ַעד‬
ְ ‫מ ֹהּדּו‬
ֵ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ה ְּמ ִד‬
ַ ‫ׂש ֵרי‬
ָ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫חות‬
ֹ ‫ְו ַה ַּפ‬
‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬,‫מ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ּומ ָאה‬
ֵ ‫ו ֶע ְׂש ִרים‬
ְ ‫ׁש ַבע‬
ֶ
--‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫נו; ְו ֶאל‬
ֹ ‫ּכ ְל ֹׁש‬
ִ ‫ָעם‬
ָ ‫ו ַעם ו‬
ְ ‫ִּכ ְכ ָת ָבּה‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשם‬
ֵ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ַּי ְכ ֹּתב‬
ִ ‫ י ו‬.‫ׁשונָם‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ִכ ְל‬,‫ִּכ ְכ ָת ָבם‬
‫ַּי ְׁש ַלח‬
ִ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ו‬
ַ ‫ ְּב ַט ַּב ַעת‬,‫ַח ֹּתם‬
ְ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫ֵרׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
,‫ה ֶר ֶכׁש‬
ָ ‫ר ְכ ֵבי‬
ֹ ‫ּסּוסים‬
ִ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫ה ָר ִצים‬
ָ ‫ּביַד‬
ְ ‫ְס ָפ ִרים‬
‫ָתן‬
ַ ‫ׁשר נ‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ יא‬.‫ ָה ַר ָּמ ִכים‬,‫ ְּבנֵי‬--‫א ַח ְׁש ְּת ָר ִנים‬
ֲ ‫ָה‬
‫ ְל ִה ָּק ֵהל‬,‫ָעיר‬
ִ ‫ו‬-‫ ִעיר‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ל ְּי‬
ַ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
‫ּול ַא ֵּבד‬
ְ
‫ה ֹרג‬
ֲ ‫ו ַל‬
ְ ‫ ְל ַה ְׁש ִמיד‬--‫ׁשם‬
ָ ‫ַפ‬
ְ ‫נ‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ע ֹמד‬
ֲ ‫ְו ַל‬
‫ ַטף‬,‫א ָתם‬
ֹ ‫ה ָּצ ִרים‬
ַ ‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫עם‬
ַ ‫ ֵחיל‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ֶאת‬
-‫ ְּב ָכל‬,‫א ָחד‬
ֶ ‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ יב‬.‫בוז‬
ֹ ‫ ָל‬,‫ּוׁש ָל ָלם‬
ְ ;‫ָׁשים‬
ִ ‫ְונ‬
‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ׁשה‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְׁש‬--‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ְמ ִד‬
‫ׁשגֶן‬
ֶ ‫ּפ ְת‬
ַ ‫ יג‬.‫ׁשא ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ ֹח ֶד‬-‫הּוא‬,‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ ָע‬-‫ׁשנֵים‬
ְ ‫ְל ֹח ֶדׁש‬
,‫ ָּגלּוי‬,‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ּדת‬
ָ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ ְל ִהּנ‬,‫ַה ְּכ ָתב‬
(‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫יות היהודיים ) ַה ְּי‬
ֹ ‫ ָה ַע ִּמים; ְו ִל ְה‬-‫ְל ָכל‬
‫ָקם‬
ֵ ‫ ְל ִהּנ‬
,‫הּזֶה‬
ַ
,‫ה ֶר ֶכׁש‬
ָ
‫ר ְכ ֵבי‬
ֹ
‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ ַל‬
(‫ידים‬
ִ ‫ע ִת‬
ֲ )
‫ה ָר ִצים‬
ָ
‫יד‬
‫עתודים‬
.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ֵמ ֹא ְי ֵב‬
‫ ִּב ְד ַבר‬,‫חּופים‬
ִ ‫ּוד‬
ְ ‫מ ֹב ָה ִלים‬
ְ ‫ָצאּו‬
ְ ‫ י‬,‫א ַח ְׁש ְּת ָר ִנים‬
ֲ ‫ָה‬
.‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ןה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁש‬
ַ ‫ ְּב‬,‫תנ ְּתנָה‬
ִ ‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך; ְו ַה ָּד‬
‫ ִּב ְלבּוׁש‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫מ ִּל ְפנֵי‬
ִ ‫ָצא‬
ָ ‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי י‬
ָ ‫טו‬
,‫דו ָלה‬
ֹ ‫ּג‬
ְ ‫ָהב‬
ָ ‫ַע ֶט ֶרת ז‬
ֲ ‫ ו‬,‫ּת ֵכ ֶלת וָחּור‬
ְ ‫ַמ ְלכּות‬
‫ה ָלה‬
ֲ ‫ ָצ‬,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ו ַא ְר ָּג ָמן; ְו ָה ִעיר‬
ְ ‫יך ּבּוץ‬
ְ ‫ְו ַת ְכ ִר‬
,‫ו ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
ְ ‫או ָרה‬
ֹ ‫ ָה ְי ָתה‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ טז ַל ְּי‬.‫ׂש ֵמ ָחה‬
ָ ‫ְו‬
-‫ּוב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ ְמ ִדינָה‬-‫ּוב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ יז‬.‫יקר‬
ָ ‫ ִו‬,‫ׂש ֹׂשן‬
ָ ‫ְו‬
,‫יע‬
ַ ‫מ ִּג‬
ַ ‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ו ָד‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫רּד ַבר‬
ְ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫םא‬
ֲ ‫קו‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ‬,‫ָעיר‬
ִ ‫ִעירו‬
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ready for that day, to avenge themselves upon their
enemies. The couriers, those who ride the king's
steeds, the camels, went out hastened and pressed by
the king's order, and the edict was given in Shushan
the capital.
And Mordechai left the king's presence with
royal raiment, blue and white and a huge golden
crown and a wrap of linen and purple, and the city
of Shushan shouted and rejoiced.
The Jews had light and joy, and gladness and
honor. And in every province and in every city,
wherever the king's order and his edict reached, [there
was] joy and gladness for the Jews, a banquet and a
festive day, and many of the peoples of the land
became Jews because the fear of the Jews was upon
them.
;‫טוב‬
ֹ
‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫ ִמ ְׁש‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ל ְּי‬
ַ ‫ׂשון‬
ֹ ‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
-‫ּפ ַחד‬
ַ ‫ָפל‬
ַ ‫נ‬-‫ ִּכי‬--‫ַה ִדים‬
ֲ ‫ ִמ ְתי‬,‫ה ָא ֶרץ‬
ָ ‫מ ַע ֵּמי‬
ֵ ‫ְו ַר ִּבים‬
.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ ,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
‫פרקט‬
,‫א ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ ֹח ֶדׁש‬-‫ח ֶדׁש הּוא‬
ֹ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ּוב ְׁשנֵים‬
ִ ‫א‬
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ּד ַבר‬
ְ ‫יע‬
ַ ‫רה ִּג‬
ִ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫םּבו‬
ֹ
‫ריו‬
ֹ ‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫הע‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ִּב ְׁש‬
‫א ְי ֵבי‬
ֹ ‫ׂש ְּברּו‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ַ :‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ ְל ֵה ָע‬,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫ְו ָד‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫פו ְך הּוא‬
ֹ ‫ַה‬
ֲ ‫ ְונ‬,‫ּב ֶהם‬
ָ ‫לוט‬
ֹ ‫ל ְׁש‬
ִ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
‫הלּו‬
ֲ ‫נ ְק‬
ִ ‫ ב‬.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ּב ֹׂש ְנ ֵא‬
ְ ‫ה ָּמה‬
ֵ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ִי ְׁש ְלטּו‬
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ
‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ ְּב ָכל‬
,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ּב ָע ֵר‬
ְ
‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
‫ר ָע ָתם; ְו ִאיׁש‬
ָ ‫ׁשי‬
ֵ ‫ ִּב ְמ ַב ְק‬,‫ ִל ְׁש ֹל ַח יָד‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
-‫ ָּכל‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ּפ ְח ָּדם‬
ַ ‫ָפל‬
ַ ‫נ‬-‫ ִּכי‬,‫ֵיהם‬
ֶ ‫ ָע ַמד ִל ְפנ‬-‫ֹלא‬
‫א ַח ְׁש ַּד ְר ְּפ ִנים‬
ֲ ‫ו ָה‬
ְ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ה ְּמ ִד‬
ַ ‫ׂש ֵרי‬
ָ -‫ו ָכל‬
ְ ‫ ג‬.‫ָה ַע ִּמים‬
--‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫אכה‬
ָ ‫ה ְּמ ָל‬
ַ ‫ׂשי‬
ֵ ‫ ְו ֹע‬,‫חות‬
ֹ ‫ְו ַה ַּפ‬
Chapter 9
,‫ ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬-‫ּפ ַחד‬
ַ ‫ָפל‬
ַ ‫נ‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ :‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ַּׂש ִאים‬
ְ ‫ְמנ‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ּב ֵבית‬
ְ ‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ ָג‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ ד‬.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ
And in the twelfth month-which is the month of
‫ ָה ִאיׁש‬-‫ּכי‬
ִ
:‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ְּמ ִד‬-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ
‫הו ֵל ְך‬
ֹ
‫עו‬
ֹ ‫ׁש ְמ‬
ָ ‫ְו‬
Adar-on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's
-‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ ה ַוּיַּכּו‬.‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ו ָג‬
ְ ‫הו ֵל ְך‬
ֹ ,‫ָמ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
order and his edict drew near to be put into execution,
on the day that the Jews' enemies looked forward to
‫ַעׂשּו‬
ֲ ‫ו ַא ְב ָדן; ַוּי‬
ְ ‫ו ֶה ֶרג‬
ְ ‫ ֶח ֶרב‬-‫ ַמ ַּכת‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ֹא ְי ֵב‬
ruling over them, it was reversed,the Jews should rule
‫ ָה ְרגּו‬,‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ
‫ּוב‬
ְ ‫ ו‬.‫צונָם‬
ֹ ‫ ִּכ ְר‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ְב ֹׂש ְנ ֵא‬
over their enemies. The Jews assembled in their cities,
ֹ ‫מ‬
ֵ
‫ח ֵמׁש‬
ֲ
--‫ו ַא ֵּבד‬
ְ
‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
,‫אות‬
in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hand on
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
.‫ִאיׁש‬
those who sought to harm them, and no one stood up
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
‫ׁש ְנ ָּד ָתא‬
ַ ‫ַּפ ְר‬
before them, for their fear had fallen upon all the
peoples. And all the princes of the provinces and the
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
,‫פון‬
ֹ ‫ַּד ְל‬
satraps and the governors and those that conduct the
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
.‫ַא ְס ָּפ ָתא‬
king's affairs elevated the Jews, for the fear of
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
‫ּפו ָר ָתא‬
ֹ
Mordechai fell upon them. For Mordechai was great in
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
,‫א ַד ְליָא‬
ֲ
the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
.‫א ִרי ָד ָתא‬
ֲ
all the provinces, for the man Mordechai waxed
greater and greater. And the Jews smote all their
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
‫ַּפ ְר ַמ ְׁש ָּתא‬
enemies with the stroke of the sword and with slaying
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
‫יסי‬
ַ ‫א ִר‬
ֲ
and destruction, and they did to their enemies as they
‫ ְו ֵאת‬
‫ידי‬
ַ ‫א ִר‬
ֲ
wished. And in Shushan the capital, the Jews slew and
‫ׂש ֶרת‬
ֶ‫ע‬
ֲ .‫ָתא‬
ָ ‫ַיז‬
ְ‫ו‬
destroyed five hundred men.
And Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha,
;‫ ָה ָרגּו‬--‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ ֹצ ֵרר‬,‫ ַה ְּמ ָד ָתא‬-‫ּבן‬
ֶ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ְּבנֵי‬
and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha, and
,‫ההּוא‬
ַ ‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ַ ‫ יא‬.‫ָדם‬
ָ ‫י‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ׁש ְלחּו‬
ָ ‫ ֹלא‬--‫ּוב ִּבּזָה‬
ַ
Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vaizatha: The
‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬--‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫רּוגים‬
ִ ‫ה‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫מ ְס ַּפר‬
ִ ‫ָּבא‬
ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the
,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ל ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ ‫ יב ו‬.‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
adversary of the Jews, they slew, but on the spoil they
‫ח ֵמׁש‬
ֲ ‫ו ַא ֵּבד‬
ְ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ה ְרגּו‬
ָ ‫ירה‬
ָ ‫ה ִּב‬
ַ ‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ַ
‫ְּב‬
did not lay their hands. On that day, the number of
those slain in Shushan the capital came before the
‫ ִּב ְׁש ָאר‬--‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫ּבנֵי‬
ְ ‫ׂש ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ו ֵאת‬
ְ ‫איׁש‬
ִ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫ֵמ‬
king. And the king said to Queen Esther, "In Shushan
‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ו ִיּנ‬
ְ ‫ ְּׁש ֵא ָל ֵת ְך‬-‫ּומה‬
ַ ;‫עׂשּו‬
ָ ‫ ֶמה‬,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ְמ ִד‬
the capital the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
‫אמר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת‬
ֹ ‫ יג ו‬.‫ו ֵת ָעׂש‬
ְ ‫עוד‬
ֹ
‫ׁש ֵת ְך‬
ָ ‫ ַּב ָּק‬-‫ּומה‬
ַ ,‫ָל ְך‬
men, and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the
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king's provinces what have they done! Now what is
your petition, and it shall be granted you, and what is
your request, and it shall be done." And Esther said, "If
it please the king, let tomorrow too be granted to the
Jews to do as today's decree, and let them hang
Haman's ten sons on the gallows." Now the king
ordered that it be done so, and a decree was given in
Shushan, and they hanged Haman's ten sons. Now
the Jews who were in Shushan assembled on the
fourteenth day of Adar as well, and they slew in
Shushan three hundred men, but upon the spoils they
did not lay their hands. And the rest of the Jews who
were in the king's provinces assembled and protected
themselves and had rest from their enemies and slew
their foes, seventy-five thousand, but upon the spoil
they did not lay their hands on the thirteenth of the
month of Adar, and they rested on the fourteenth
thereof, and made it a day of feasting and joy. And the
Jews who were in Shushan assembled on the
thirteenth thereof and on the fourteenth thereof, and
rested on the fifteenth thereof, and made it a day of
feasting and joy. Therefore, the Jewish villagers, who
live in open towns, make the fourteenth day of the
month of Adar [a day of] joy and feasting and a festive
day, and of sending portions to one another. And
Mordechai inscribed these things and sent letters to all
the Jews who were in all the provinces of King
Ahasuerus, both near and far, to enjoin them to make
the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and the
fifteenth day thereof, every year, as the days when the
Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that
was reversed for them from grief to joy and from
mourning to a festive day-to make them days of
feasting and joy, and sending portions one to another,
and gifts to the poor. And the Jews took upon
themselves what they had commenced to do and what
Mordechai had written to them. For Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of all the
Jews, had devised to destroy the Jews, and he cast
the pur-that is the lot-to terrify them and destroy them.
And when she came before the king, he commanded
through letters that his evil device that he had devised
against the Jews return upon his own head, and to
destroy him and his sons on the gallows. Therefore,
they called these days Purim after the name pur;
therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and
what they saw concerning this matter, and what
happened to them. The Jews ordained and took upon
themselves and upon their seed and upon all those
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‫ ָמ ָחר‬-‫ּגם‬
ַ ‫ָתן‬
ֵ ‫ ִיּנ‬--‫טוב‬
ֹ
‫ ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬-‫ ַעל‬-‫ ִאם‬,‫ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
;‫ּיום‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ּכ ָדת‬
ְ ‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַל ְּי‬
‫ יד‬.‫ ָה ֵעץ‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ ִי ְתלּו‬,‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫ּבנֵי‬
ְ ‫ׂש ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ְו ֵאת‬
;‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫תּב‬
ְ ‫ןּד‬
ָ ‫ָת‬
ֵ ‫ַּתּנ‬
ִ ‫ו‬,‫תּכן‬
ֵ ‫ׂשו‬
ֹ ‫ל ֵה ָע‬
ְ ‫רה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫אמ‬
ֶ ‫ַּי‬
ֹ‫ו‬
‫הלּו‬
ֲ ‫ַּי ָּק‬
ִ ‫טו ו‬
.‫ ָּתלּו‬,‫ ָה ָמן‬-‫ּבנֵי‬
ְ ‫ׂש ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ְו ֵאת‬
‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ ַּגם‬,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ ְּב‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ (‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫היהודיים ) ַה ְּי‬
,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ב‬
ְ ‫ַה ְרגּו‬
ַ ‫ ַוּי‬,‫א ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ל ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ְ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ַא ְר ָּב ָעה‬
-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ׁש ְלחּו‬
ָ ‫ ֹלא‬--‫ּוב ִּבּזָה‬
ַ ;‫איׁש‬
ִ ‫אות‬
ֹ ‫מ‬
ֵ ‫ְׁש ֹלׁש‬
‫תה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ינו‬
ֹ ‫רּב ְמ ִד‬
ִ ‫ׁש‬
ֶ ‫יםא‬
ֲ
‫הּוד‬
ִ ‫רה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ּוׁש ָא‬
ְ ‫ טז‬.‫ָדם‬
ָ‫י‬
‫רוג‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ָה‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫מ ֹא ְי ֵב‬
ֵ ‫נו ַח‬
ֹ ‫ ְו‬,‫ׁשם‬
ָ ‫ַפ‬
ְ ‫נ‬-‫דעל‬
ַ ‫לּוו ָע ֹמ‬
ְ ‫ה‬
ֲ ‫ִנ ְק‬
‫ ֹלא‬--‫ּוב ִּבּזָה‬
ַ ;‫א ֶלף‬
ָ ‫ו ִׁש ְב ִעים‬
ְ ‫ּׁשה‬
ָ ‫ח ִמ‬
ֲ ,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ְּב ֹׂש ְנ ֵא‬
‫ ְל ֹח ֶדׁש‬,‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫הע‬
ָ ‫ׁש‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ ְׁש‬-‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ּב‬
ְ ‫ יז‬.‫ָדם‬
ָ ‫י‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫ׁש ְלחּו‬
ָ
‫יום‬
ֹ ,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫הא‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ָע ֹׂש‬,‫רּבו‬
ֹ
‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫הע‬
ָ ‫ ְּב ַא ְר ָּב ָע‬,‫נו ַח‬
ֹ ‫א ָדר; ְו‬
ֲ
(‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ יח והיהודיים ) ְו ַה ְּי‬.‫ו ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
ְ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫ִמ ְׁש‬
,‫ּבו‬
ֹ
‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ׁשה‬
ָ ‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ּב ְׁש‬
ִ ‫הלּו‬
ֲ ‫ ִנ ְק‬,‫ׁשּוׁשן‬
ָ
‫ ְּב‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫ּבו‬
ֹ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ּׁשה‬
ָ ‫ח ִמ‬
ֲ ‫ ַּב‬,‫נו ַח‬
ֹ ‫ּבו; ְו‬
ֹ ,‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫ּוב ַא ְר ָּב ָעה‬
ְ
‫ ֵּכן‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ יט‬.‫ו ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
ְ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫מ ְׁש‬
ִ ‫יום‬
ֹ ,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫א‬
ֹ ‫ְו ָע ֹׂשה‬
‫ּב ָע ֵרי‬
ְ ‫ ַה ֹּי ְׁש ִבים‬,(‫הּודים הפרוזים ) ַה ְּפ ָר ִזים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
‫ל ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ְ ‫ׂשר‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫א ְר ָּב ָעה‬
ַ ‫יום‬
ֹ ‫את‬
ֵ ‫ ֹע ִׂשים‬--‫זות‬
ֹ ‫ַה ְּפ ָר‬
,‫נות‬
ֹ ‫מ‬
ָ ‫ּומ ְׁש ֹל ַח‬
ִ ;‫םטוב‬
ֹ
‫יו‬
ֹ ‫הו‬
ְ ‫ּת‬
ֶ ‫הּומ ְׁש‬
ִ
‫ ִׂש ְמ ָח‬,‫א ָדר‬
ֲ
‫ ַה ְּד ָב ִרים‬-‫ ֶאת‬,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ַּי ְכ ֹּתב‬
ִ ‫ כ ו‬.‫ל ֵר ֵעהּו‬
ְ ‫ִאיׁש‬
‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ס ָפ ִרים‬
ְ ‫ַּי ְׁש ַלח‬
ִ ‫ָה ֵא ֶּלה; ו‬
,‫רו ִבים‬
ֹ ‫ ַה ְּק‬--‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ
‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ
‫ינות‬
ֹ ‫ ְמ ִד‬-‫ְּב ָכל‬
‫ע ִׂשים‬
ֹ ‫יות‬
ֹ ‫ ִל ְה‬--‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ ,‫ל ַקּיֵם‬
ְ ‫ כא‬.‫חו ִקים‬
ֹ ‫ְו ָה ְר‬
-‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ֵאת‬,‫א ָדר‬
ֲ ‫ׂשר ְל ֹח ֶדׁש‬
ָ ‫ע‬
ָ ‫א ְר ָּב ָעה‬
ַ ‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ֵאת‬
,‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ּכּי‬
ַ ‫ כב‬.‫ׁשנָה‬
ָ ‫ ְו‬,‫ׁשנָה‬
ָ -‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ :‫רּבו‬
ֹ
‫ׂש‬
ָ ‫הע‬
ָ ‫ּׁש‬
ָ ‫ח ִמ‬
ֲ
‫ ְו ַה ֹח ֶדׁש‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫מ ֹא ְי ֵב‬
ֵ ‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ב ֶהם‬
ָ ‫נָחּו‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
‫יום‬
ֹ ‫ל‬
ְ ‫ּומ ֵא ֶבל‬
ֵ ,‫ל ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
ְ ‫ָגון‬
ֹ ‫מּי‬
ִ ‫ל ֶהם‬
ָ ‫ֶה ַּפ ְך‬
ְ ‫ׁשר נ‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ
,‫ו ִׂש ְמ ָחה‬
ְ ‫ּתה‬
ֶ ‫מ ְׁש‬
ִ ‫ ְי ֵמי‬,‫או ָתם‬
ֹ
‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫טוב; ַל‬
ֹ
.‫תל ֶא ְב ֹי ִנים‬
ָ ‫נו‬
ֹ ‫ּומ ָּת‬
ַ ,‫יׁשל ֵר ֵעהּו‬
ְ
‫תא‬
ִ ‫נו‬
ֹ ‫מ‬
ָ ‫ּומ ְׁש ֹל ַח‬
ִ
;‫ׂשות‬
ֹ ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַל‬,‫ ֵה ֵחּלּו‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ֵאת‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬,‫ו ִק ֵּבל‬
ְ ‫כג‬
‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ּכי‬
ִ ‫ כד‬.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫א ֵל‬
ֲ ,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ ָּכ ַתב‬-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ְו ֵאת‬
‫ׁשב‬
ַ ‫ ָח‬--‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ ֹצ ֵרר‬,‫א ָג ִגי‬
ֲ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫ ַה ְּמ ָד ָתא‬-‫ֶּבן‬
,‫ּגו ָרל‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ ְל ַא ְּב ָדם; ְו ִה ִּפל ּפּור הּוא‬,‫ ַה ְּיהּו ִדים‬-‫ַעל‬
,‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ ִל ְפנֵי‬,‫ּוב ֹב ָאּה‬
ְ ‫ כה‬.‫ּול ַא ְּב ָדם‬
ְ ‫ה ָּמם‬
ֻ ‫ְל‬
-‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ה ָר ָעה‬
ָ ‫ּתו‬
ֹ ‫ׁש ְב‬
ַ‫ח‬
ֲ ‫מ‬
ַ ‫ יָׁשּוב‬,‫ ַה ֵּס ֶפר‬-‫עם‬
ִ ‫ָא ַמר‬
-‫ו ֶאת‬
ְ ‫תו‬
ֹ ‫לּוא‬
ֹ
‫אׁשו; ְו ָת‬
ֹ
‫ ֹר‬-‫יםעל‬
ַ
‫הּוד‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫בעל‬
ַ ‫ׁש‬
ַ ‫ָח‬
‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫לּי‬
ַ ‫ק ְראּו‬
ָ ‫ ֵּכן‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ כו‬.‫ ָה ֵעץ‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ָּבנָיו‬
‫ ִּד ְב ֵרי‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫ ֵּכן‬-‫ ַעל‬--‫הּפּור‬
ַ ‫ׁשם‬
ֵ -‫ ַעל‬,‫פּורים‬
ִ
‫יע‬
ַ ‫ה ִּג‬
ִ ‫ּומה‬
ָ ,‫ ָּכ ָכה‬-‫על‬
ַ ‫ ָראּו‬-‫ּומה‬
ָ ;‫ה ֹּזאת‬
ַ ‫ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫ָה ִאּג‬
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who join them, that it is not to be revoked to make
these two days according to their script and according
to their appointed time, every year. And these days
shall be remembered and celebrated throughout every
generation, in every family, every province, and every
city, and these days of Purim shall not be revoked from
amidst the Jews, and their memory shall not cease
from their seed.
Now, Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and
Mordechai the Jew wrote down all [the acts of] power,
to confirm the second Purim letter. And he sent letters
to all the Jews, to one hundred twenty-seven
provinces, the realm of Ahasuerus, words of peace
and truth, to confirm these days of Purim in their
appointed times, as Mordechai the Jew and Esther the
queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained
for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the
fasts and their cry. Now Esther's order confirmed these
matters of Purim, and it was inscribed in the book.
Chapter 10
And King Ahasuerus imposed a tribute on the land
and on the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his
power and his might and the full account of
Mordechai's greatness, how the king advanced him
are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Media and Persia. For Mordechai the Jew was
viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and great among the
Jews and accepted by most of his brethren;
seeking the good of his people and speaking
peace to all their seed.
‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ק ְּימּו וקבל ) ְו ִק ְּבלּו( ַה ְּי‬
ִ ‫ כז‬.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫א ֵל‬
ֲ
,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ ‫ ַה ִּנ ְל ִוים‬-‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ו ַעל‬
ְ ‫ַר ָעם‬
ְ ‫ז‬-‫ו ַעל‬
ְ ‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ
‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫הּי‬
ַ ‫ׁשנֵי‬
ְ ‫את‬
ֵ ‫ע ִׂשים‬
ֹ ‫יות‬
ֹ ‫ ִל ְה‬--‫בור‬
ֹ ‫ַע‬
ֲ ‫ְו ֹלא י‬
.‫ׁשנָה‬
ָ ‫ ְו‬,‫ׁשנָה‬
ָ -‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ :‫ו ִכ ְז ַמּנָם‬
ְ ‫ ִּכ ְכ ָת ָבם‬,‫ָה ֵא ֶּלה‬
‫ּדור‬
ֹ -‫ּב ָכל‬
ְ ‫ַע ִׂשים‬
ֲ ‫ונ‬
ְ ‫נ ְז ָּכ ִרים‬
ִ ‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ו ַהּי‬
ְ ‫כח‬
‫ ְו ִעיר‬,‫ָהּומ ִדינָה‬
ְ
‫ ְמ ִדינ‬,‫הּומ ְׁש ָּפ ָחה‬
ִ
‫ ִמ ְׁש ָּפ ָח‬,‫ָדור‬
ֹ ‫ו‬
‫ּתו ְך‬
ֹ ‫מ‬
ִ ‫ַע ְברּו‬
ַ ‫ ֹלא י‬,‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ּפּורים‬
ִ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ימי‬
ֵ ‫ָעיר; ִו‬
ִ‫ו‬
.‫ַר ָעם‬
ְ ‫ָסּוףמּז‬
ִ
‫י‬-‫ ֹלא‬,‫ ְו ִז ְכ ָרם‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
-‫בת‬
ַ ‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫ַּת ְכ ֹּתב‬
ִ ‫כט ו‬
:‫ ֹּת ֶקף‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫ ֶאת‬--‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫ה ְּי‬
ַ
‫ּומ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ,‫יח ִיל‬
ַ ‫א ִב‬
ֲ
‫ ל‬.‫ּׁש ִנית‬
ֵ ‫ ַה‬--‫ה ֹּזאת‬
ַ ‫ה ֻּפ ִרים‬
ַ ‫ֶרת‬
ֶ ‫אּג‬
ִ ‫ ֵאת‬,‫ְל ַקּיֵם‬
‫ׁש ַבע‬
ֶ -‫ ֶאל‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ ַה ְּי‬-‫ ָּכל‬-‫אל‬
ֶ ‫ס ָפ ִרים‬
ְ ‫ַּי ְׁש ַלח‬
ִ‫ו‬
:‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ,‫ ַמ ְלכּות‬--‫מ ִדינָה‬
ְ ‫ּומ ָאה‬
ֵ ‫ְו ֶע ְׂש ִרים‬
‫יה ֻּפ ִרים‬
ַ ‫ ְי ֵמ‬-‫ֵםאת‬
ֶ ‫ל ַקּי‬
ְ ‫ לא‬.‫ֶא ֶמת‬
ֱ ‫ו‬,‫לום‬
ֹ ‫יׁש‬
ָ ‫ִּד ְב ֵר‬
‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫ע ֵל‬
ֲ ‫קּיַם‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ַּכ‬,‫ֵיהם‬
ֶ ‫ּב ְז ַמּנ‬
ִ ‫ָה ֵא ֶּלה‬
-‫על‬
ַ ‫ק ְּימּו‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ‫ ְו ַכ‬,‫ה ַּמ ְל ָּכה‬
ַ ‫ו ֶא ְס ֵּתר‬
ְ ‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫ַה ְּי‬
.‫ַע ָק ָתם‬
ֲ ‫ ְוז‬,‫מות‬
ֹ ‫ּצו‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ּד ְב ֵרי‬
ִ :‫ַר ָעם‬
ְ ‫ז‬-‫ ְו ַעל‬,‫ׁשם‬
ָ ‫ַפ‬
ְ‫נ‬
;‫ה ֵא ֶּלה‬
ָ ‫ה ֻּפ ִרים‬
ַ ‫ ִּד ְב ֵרי‬,‫ ִקּיַם‬--‫א ְס ֵּתר‬
ֶ ‫א ַמר‬
ֲ ‫ּומ‬
ַ ‫לב‬
.‫ ַּב ֵּס ֶפר‬,‫ְו ִנ ְכ ָּתב‬
‫פרקי‬
‫ֵרׁש( ַמס‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ) ‫ה ֶּמ ֶל ְך אחשרש‬
ַ ‫ָׂשם‬
ֶ ‫א ַוּי‬
,‫ּפו‬
ֹ ‫ת ְק‬
ָ ‫ׂשה‬
ֵ‫ע‬
ֲ ‫ ַמ‬-‫ו ָכל‬
ְ ‫ ב‬.‫הּיָם‬
ַ ‫ ְו ִאּיֵי‬,‫ ָה ָא ֶרץ‬-‫ַעל‬
‫לו‬
ֹ ‫ּג ְּד‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫מ ְר ֳּד ַכי‬
ָ ‫ּג ֻד ַּלת‬
ְ ‫ׁשת‬
ַ ‫ּופ ָר‬
ָ ,‫תו‬
ֹ ‫בּור‬
ָ ‫ּוג‬
ְ
‫ּד ְב ֵרי‬
ִ
‫ ֵס ֶפר‬-‫ ַעל‬,‫תּובים‬
ִ ‫ּכ‬
ְ
‫ ֵהם‬-‫לוא‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ֲ --‫ַה ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
,‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫יה ְּי‬
ַ ‫ימ ְר ֳּד ַכ‬
ָ ‫ ג ִּכ‬.‫יּופ ָרס‬
ָ ‫ ָמ ַד‬,‫ ְל ַמ ְל ֵכי‬,‫ָמים‬
ִ ‫ַהּי‬
‫ ְו ָרצּוי‬,‫הּודים‬
ִ ‫ל ְּי‬
ַ ‫דול‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ָג‬,‫ֵרוׁש‬
ֹ ‫א ַח ְׁשו‬
ֲ ‫ל ֶּמ ֶל ְך‬
ַ ‫ִמ ְׁשנֶה‬
-‫ל ָכל‬
ְ ‫לום‬
ֹ ‫ׁש‬
ָ ‫ ְו ֹד ֵבר‬,‫ּמו‬
ֹ ‫ל ַע‬
ְ ‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ ֹּד ֵרׁש‬--‫א ָחיו‬
ֶ ‫ְל ֹרב‬
.‫עו‬
ֹ ‫ַר‬
ְ‫ז‬


After the reading, the reader recites the following only if a minyan is
present, and those listening answer Amen as indicated:
‫ אומרים את‬,‫)אם נוכחים בקריאה מנין‬
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who wages our
battles, defends our rights, avenges the wrong done to us, punishes our
oppressors in behalf, and brings retribution upon all our mortal enemies.
Blessed are You Lord, who exacts payment in behalf of His people Israel
from all their oppressors; God who delivers. (Amen)
The rose of Jacob thrilled with joy and exulted when they beheld
Mordechai garbed in royal blue. You have always been their salvation,
their hope in every generation, to make known that all who place their hope
in You shall not be put to shame, nor shall all those who trust in You be
disgraced forever. Cursed be Haman who sought to destroy me; blessed
be Mordechai the Jew. Cursed be Zeresh the wife of [Haman] who terrified
me; blessed be Esther, who [interceded] on my behalf. Cursed be all the
wicked; blessed be all the righteous; and may Charvonah also be
remembered favorably.
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.‫עו ָלם‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ָ ‫מ ֶל ְך‬
ֶ ‫א ֹל ֵהינּו‬
ֱ ‫י ֹהוָה‬
ְ ‫א ָּתה‬
ַ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ ָּב‬:‫הברכה הבאה‬
.‫נ ְק ָמ ֵתנּו‬
ִ ‫את‬
ֶ ‫ּנו ֵקם‬
ֹ ‫ ְו ַה‬.‫יננּו‬
ֵ ‫ּד‬
ִ ‫את‬
ֶ ‫ ְו ַה ָּדן‬.‫יבנּו‬
ֵ ‫ר‬
ִ ‫את‬
ֶ ‫ָה ָרב‬
.‫ׁשנּו‬
ֵ ‫ינ ְפ‬
ַ ‫לאו ְי ֵב‬
ֹ
‫מּולל ָכ‬
ְ
‫םּג‬
ְ ‫ׁש ֵּל‬
ַ ‫ ְו ַה ְמ‬.‫נּומ ָּצ ֵרינּו‬
ִ
‫על‬
ָ ‫ְו ַה ִּנ ְפ ָר‬
.‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫צ ֵר‬
ָ ‫מ ָּכל‬
ִ ‫י ְׂש ָר ֵאל‬
ִ ‫ּמו‬
ֹ ‫ל ַע‬
ְ ‫ ַה ִּנ ְפ ָרע‬.‫י ֹהוָה‬
ְ ‫א ָּתה‬
ַ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ָּב‬
(‫יע‬
ַ ‫ּמו ִׁש‬
ֹ ‫לה‬
ַ ‫ָה ֵא‬
‫ַחד‬
ַ ‫או ָתם י‬
ֹ ‫ ִּב ְר‬,‫ׂש ֵמ ָחה‬
ָ ‫ו‬
ְ ‫ה ָלה‬
ֲ ‫צ‬
ָ ‫ַע ֹקב‬
ֲ ‫ׁש ַנת י‬
ַ ‫ׁשו‬
ֹ
‫ּבכל‬
ָ ‫ָתם‬
ָ ‫ ְו ִת ְקו‬,‫ל ֶנ ַצח‬
ָ ‫ית‬
ָ ‫ה ִי‬
ָ ‫ׁשּוע ָתם‬
ָ ‫ ְּת‬.‫מ ְר ְּד ָכי‬
ָ ‫ְּת ֵכ ֶלת‬
‫י ָּכ ְלמּו‬
ִ ‫ו ֹלא‬
ְ ‫ֵבׁשּו‬
ֹ ‫לא י‬
ֹ ‫ֶיך‬
ָ ‫קו‬
ֹ ‫ׁש ָּכל‬
ֶ ‫יע‬
ַ ‫הו ִד‬
ֹ ‫ ְל‬,‫ָדור‬
ֹ ‫ּדור ו‬
ֹ
,‫ל ַא ְּב ִדי‬
ְ ‫ּב ֵקׁש‬
ִ ‫ׁשר‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ַ ‫ה ָמן‬
ָ ‫ ָארּור‬.‫ּב ְך‬
ָ ‫חו ִתים‬
ֹ ‫ה‬
ַ ‫ּכל‬
ָ ‫ָל ֶנ ַצח‬
,‫ידי‬
ִ ‫מ ְפ ִח‬
ַ ‫ׁשת‬
ֶ ‫א‬
ֵ ‫ֶרׁש‬
ֶ ‫רּורה ז‬
ָ ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫הּודי‬
ִ ‫ה ְי‬
ַ ‫מ ְר ְד ַכי‬
ָ ‫רּוך‬
ְ ‫ָּב‬
‫יםּכל‬
ָ
‫רּוכ‬
ִ ‫ ְּב‬,‫ׁש ִעים‬
ָ ‫לה ְר‬
ָ ‫יםּכ‬
ָ
‫רּור‬
ִ ‫א‬
ֲ ,‫רּב ֲע ִדי‬
ַ ‫הא ְס ֵּת‬
ֶ ‫רּוכ‬
ָ ‫ְּב‬
:‫טוב‬
ֹ ‫ָכּורל‬
ַ
‫בו ָנהז‬
ֹ ‫םח ְר‬
ַ ‫ ְו ַג‬,‫יקים‬
ִ ‫ַה ַצ ִד‬
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