## Rashi on Esther Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Esther 7:3:1
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**תִּנָּתֶן לִי נַפְשִׁי.** שֶׁלֹּא אֵהָרֵג בִּשְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר בַּאֲדָר שֶׁגָּזַרְתָּ גְזֵרַת הֲרֵגָה עַל עַמִּי וּמוֹלַדְתִּי:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**Let my life be granted me.** That I should not be slain on the thirteenth of Adar, for you have issued an edict of massacre upon my people and my heritage.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:3:2
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**וְעַמִּי.** יִנָּתֵן לִי "בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי" שֶׁלֹּא יֵהָרְגוּ. וְאִם תּאמַר: מָה אִכְפַּת לָךְ? "כִּי אֵיכָכָה אוּכַל וְרָאִיתִי, וגו'":

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**And my people.** Shall be given me in my request, that they should not be slain. Now if you ask, “What does it concern you?” [my answer is] “For how can I see, etc.?”¹

footnotes:
¹ Below 8:6.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:4:1
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**כִּי אֵין הַצָּר שֹׁוֶה בְּנֵזֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ.** אֵינֶנּוּ חוֹשֵׁשׁ בְּנֵזֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁאִלּוּ רָדַף אַחַר הֲנָאָתְךָ, הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר: מְכֹר אוֹתָם לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחוֹת וְקַבֵּל הַמָּמוֹן אוֹ הַחֲיֵה אוֹתָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לַעֲבָדִים הֵם וְזַרְעָם:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**For the oppressor has no regard for losses incurred by his majesty.** He is not concerned about the king’s loss, for if he had sought your benefit, he should have said, “Sell them as slaves and maidservants and take the money,” or “keep them now to be your slaves, they and their descendants.”


###### Rashi on Esther 7:5:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ וַיֹּאמֶר לְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה.** כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: "וַיֹּאמֶר, וַיֹּאמֶר" שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים, אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְמִדְרָשׁ, וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ שֶׁל זֶה: בַּתְּחִלָּה הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמָּהּ עַל יְדֵי שָׁלִיחַ. עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁיָּדַע שֶׁמִּמִּשְׁפַּחַת מְלָכִים הִיא, דִּבֵּר עִמָּהּ הוּא בְעַצְמוֹ:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**King Achashveirosh spoke. He said to Queen Esther.** Wherever it states, “and he said ... and he said,” twice, it is to be expounded upon. And the Midrashic interpretation of this is: Originally, he would speak to her through an intermediary, but now that he knew that she was of a royal family, he spoke to her personally.²

footnotes:
² Maseches Megillah 16a.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:7:1
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**כִּי כָלְתָה.** נִגְמְרָה הָרָעָה וְהַשִּׂנְאָה וְהַנְּקָמָה:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**That it would end up.** The evil, the hatred, and the vengeance were decided.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:8:1
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**וְהָמָן נֹפֵל.** הַמַּלְאָךְ דְּחָפוֹ:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**Haman had fallen.** The angel pushed him.³

footnotes:
³ Ibid. The literal translation is “and Haman was falling,” meaning that he tried to rise but the angel kept pushing him onto the couch and into a compromising position, which infuriated the king even more.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:8:2
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**עַל הַמִּטָּה אֲשֶׁר אֶסְתֵּר עָלֶיהָ.** דַּרְכָּן הָיָה לֵישֵׁב בִּסְעוּדָה עַל צִדָּן עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּטּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּרֹאשׁ הַסֵּפֶר: "מִטּוֹת זָהָב וָכֶסֶף" לִבְנֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**On the couch upon which Esther reclined.** Their custom was to sit at a meal [reclining] on their sides on couches, as it is stated in the beginning of the Book, “couches of gold and silver”⁴ for those who participated in the feast.

footnotes:
⁴ Above 1:6.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:8:3
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**הֲגַם לִכְבּוֹשׁ.** לְשׁוֹן תֵּמַהּ הוּא. לִכְבּוֹשׁ לֶאֱנוֹס בְּחָזְקָה, כְּמוֹ "וְנִכְבְּשָׁה הָאָרֶץ":

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**Even to overpower the queen.** This is an expression of wonder. לִכְבּוֹשׁ [denotes] to subdue with force, as in “and the land is conquered [וְנִכְבְּשָׁה].”⁵

footnotes:
⁵ Bamidbar 32:22.


###### Rashi on Esther 7:9:1
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**גַּם הִנֵּה הָעֵץ.** "גַּם" רָעָה אַחֶרֶת עָשָׂה שֶׁהֵכִין הָעֵץ לִתְלוֹת אוֹהֲבוֹ שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ שֶׁהִצִּיל הַמֶּלֶךְ מִסַּם הַמָּוֶת:

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
**Moreover, there is the gallows.** He “also” committed another evil, that he prepared the gallows to hang the king’s friend, who saved the king from [being] poison[ed].