Shimshai: The king's scribe was an anti-Semite; and he was [the royal scribe] from the times of Cyrus. As it is stated in the book of Ezra (4) that he wrote an accusation against building the Temple, until Cyrus came and annulled it. And he also did this in the days of Ahasuerus, as it is stated (Ezra 4:6), "And in the reign of Ahasuerus, at the start of his reign, (he) wrote an accusation."

He had prepared for himself: For his own need (to hang himself).

Disekarta: A village.

A river: To take taxes (from those crossing it).

To the rabbis: His students.

The laws of the handful: He was expounding about the matter of that day, and it was the sixteenth of Nissan - which is the day of the waving of the omer.

Ve'eshkol le'maziya: And I will [trim] my hair.

Closed them: She commanded about them, that they be hidden.

Craftsmen: Barbers,

Zuza: A barber's clippers, similar to scissors.

Atzitz: A clay pot.

And to his fasting: The third day of his fasting, as they began to fast on the fourteenth of Nissan. And that which Scripture stated about the previous day (Esther 5:1) - "On the third day, Esther put on royal apparel" - that was the third day from the sending of the runners.

If he is of the seed of the Jews: There is some seed (offspring) among the Jews, such that if he comes from them, you cannot prevail over him.

This teaches that they brought him in disarray: And he did not wash properly from his filthiness.

Shoveh: Care.

This teaches that she was pointing toward Ahasuerus:, From the extraneous language: "An adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman."

Nofel: It is [in the tense] of goes; and walks (present tense): He falls and wants to get up, but the angel makes him [continuously] fall.

And it hurls at him: The Holy One, blessed be He, hurls punishment at the wicked one without compassion.

He would fain flee out of its hand: The people of his group and his friends flee from his hand.

One for Esther: As Ahasuerus was angry about what Haman did to Esther.

The thing from which that righteous man Joseph had suffered: Yosef was sold as a slave on account of the jealousy of his brothers.