"From the kingship of the hypocritical man from the snares of the people" (Job 34:30) Abba Gurion, from Sidon, said five things in the name of Rabban Gamliel: (1) When lying judges multiply, lying witnesses multiply. (2) When informants multiply, the people's money is taken. (3) When brazenness multiplies, glory, majesty, and honor are taken from the people. (4) When a younger says to an elder, "I am better than you," the years of people are shortened. (5) When the beloved children act in a way that angers their Father in Heaven, He raises above them a hypocritical king who exacts retribution from them. This is King Aḥashverosh, of whom it is said, "From the kingship of the hypocritical man ." And why did the Holy Blessed One make a hypocritical man king? For the sake of the snares of the people. And why was Aḥashverosh called hypocritical? Because he killed his wife Vashti because of his friend Memukhan, and he killed his friend Haman because of his wife Esther. There is great hypocrisy there. And thus when everyone saw this, they began to cry out, "Woe!" ( vay) – "and so it was" (vay'hi) in the days of Aḥasheverosh (Esther 1:1)