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Mordechai's Refusal to Bow

Exegetical Approaches

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Religious Ideology

Sources:BavliMegillah 10bMegillah 12b-13aMegillah 19aSanhedrin 61aAbout the Bavli, Targum YonatanEsther 3:2,4About Targum Yonatan (Neviim), Esther Rabbah6:27:88:7About Esther Rabbah, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer(Higger) 49About Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, RashiEsther 3:2About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki, Lekach TovEsther 3:2About R. Toviah b. Eliezer, Ibn EzraEsther Version A 3:2-4About R. Avraham ibn Ezra

Was Mordechai justified?

"כִּי הִגִּיד לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוּא יְהוּדִי"

Mordechai's religious identity

Why were everyone supposed to bow down to Haman?

"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"

"וְאֶת דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים"

Did Mordechai know what the consequences will be?

Biblical parallels

National Pride

Was Mordechai justified?

"כִּי הִגִּיד לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוּא יְהוּדִי"

Mordechai's religious identity

Why were everyone supposed to bow down to Haman?

"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"

"וְאֶת דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים"

Did Mordechai know what the consequences will be?

Biblical parallels

Personal Rivalry

Sources:Targum YerushalmiEsther 3:2About Targum Yerushalmi, Targum YonatanEsther 3:2,4About Targum Yonatan (Neviim)

Was Mordechai justified?

"כִּי הִגִּיד לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוּא יְהוּדִי"

Mordechai's religious identity

Why were everyone supposed to bow down to Haman?

"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"

"וְאֶת דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים"

Did Mordechai know what the consequences will be?

Biblical parallels