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Chapter 10

By Yosef Marcus

1 King Achashverosh levied a tax upon the mainland and the islands of the sea. 2 And the entire history of his power and strength, and the account of Mordechai's greatness, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia. 3 For Mordechai the Jew was second to King Achashverosh, a leader to the Jews, and loved by his many brethren. He sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace for all their descendants.

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Rabbi Yosef Marcus is director of the Chabad center in S. Mateo, California, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is a translator and adaptor of Judaic texts and a contributor to several websites including: Chabad.org, Askmoses.com and Kabbalaonline.com. He can be reached via his website www.chabadnp.com

Megillat Esther - The Book of Esther, Compiled by Rabbi Yosef Marcus. Published by Kehot Publication Society, Brooklyn, NY

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Posted: Mar 10, 2009

Thanks and "his many brethren"

Thanks, Anonymous, glad you enjoyed it.
Once I'm here, here's a comment regarding the words "For Mordechai the Jew was ...loved by his many brethren."
The word for "many" is "rov."
Another interpetation for rov in this verse is "the majority."
I.e., the verse is read to mean that Mordechai was beloved by most of his brethren, but not all of them....
Why? Who could find fault with Mordechai. Well, some of the rabbis felt that should have left politics and gone back full time to Torah study....
Although we should go with the positive spin on Mordechai, since the pejorative interpretation is part of Torah, we must learn from it as well.
One lesson we can take from it is that sometimes we have a good excuse to suspend our Torah study to fulfill mitzvot, especially helping others. But we have to be vigilant not to abuse this suspension and get too comfortable with not studying and jump back into Torah study as soon as it is once again appropriate....
Happy Purim! Lchaim!

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Posted: Mar 10, 2009

Thank you

This was a huge help thank you so much.

Posted By Anonymous

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