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King Ahasuerus certainly did. And his insomnia took a decidedly paranoid turn. The Megillah, the Book of Esther, tells us that one night, the king just couldn't sleep (Esther 6:1)....
That’s precisely what happened. Haman, you see, was trying to subtly suggest how the king might reward him. But as Legends of the Jews recounts, he noticed the king’s face change w...
The Book of Esther, or Megillat Esther, is full of these kinds of dramatic reversals, and one of the most striking happens between Haman and Mordecai. Let's set the scene. Haman, t...
Talk about a cosmic joke! The Megillah, the Scroll of Esther, gives us the basic story. But the Legends of the Jews, that wonderful collection of midrashic and aggadic lore compile...
King Ahasuerus, still clueless about Haman's true intentions, decrees, "The man who saved the life of the king deserves to have his name put on the coin of the realm. Nevertheless,...
We all know the story of Mordecai and Haman. Haman, the villainous advisor to the king, plots to annihilate the Jews, and Mordecai, the righteous leader, stands in his way. In Lege...
Can you imagine the humiliation? The rage boiling in your gut? That's what Haman must have felt as he led Mordecai, the man he despised above all others, through the streets of Shu...
We know the story of Esther, of course. The heroic Jewish queen who saved her people from annihilation in ancient Persia. But have you ever really considered the smaller, almost Sh...
He was down. Like, really down. After the whole ordeal with having to lead Mordecai around in royal robes – a humiliation orchestrated by the very man he wanted to destroy – and th...
