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Tosafot on Megillah Daf 14a

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משום יחוד – כשבאין אליה בני ישראל למשפט:

Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler Tosfos Summary

Due to concerns of seclusion/improper yichud - when the Jewish people would come to her for judgment.

דכתיב ותתפלל חנה ותאמר עלץ לבי בה' - וה"נ הוה מצי לאתויי כל הפרשה שכל הנבואה על סנחריב נבוכדנצר והמן כמו שתרגם יונתן אלא קרא דריש פרשתא נקט:

Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler Tosfos Summary

It is written (1 Samuel 2:1), "And Hannah prayed and said, 'My heart exults in Hashem'" - And here too [the Gemara] could have brought the entire section, for it is all a prophecy about Sancheriv, Nebuchadnezzar and Haman, as Targum Yonatan translates. However, it brings the opening verse of the section.

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