“The king removed his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, son of Hamedata the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews” (Esther 3:10).“The king removed his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman.” The Rabbis say: Aḥashverosh hated Israel more than Haman the wicked. The way of the world is that the buyer typically gives collateral to the seller; here, however, the seller gave the collateral; that is what is written: “The king removed his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman.”