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Mordechai's Religious Identity

Exegetical Approaches

Spiritual Leader (גדול הדור)

Keeping Mitzvot

"אִישׁ יְהוּדִי"

Why conceal Esther's religious identity?

"וּמׇרְדֳּכַי יֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ"

Mordechai's refusal to bow

"וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּמָרָה"

"וְרָצוּי לְרֹב אֶחָיו"

Mordechai's name

Religious identity of the whole nation

Absence of Hashem in the Megillah

Simple Jew (עם הארץ)

Keeping Mitzvot

"אִישׁ יְהוּדִי"

Why conceal Esther's religious identity?

"וּמׇרְדֳּכַי יֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ"

Mordechai's refusal to bow

"וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּמָרָה"

"וְרָצוּי לְרֹב אֶחָיו"

Mordechai's name

Religious identity of the whole nation

Absence of Hashem in the Megillah

Assimilated Persian

Keeping Mitzvot

"אִישׁ יְהוּדִי"

Why conceal Esther's religious identity?

"וּמׇרְדֳּכַי יֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ"

Mordechai's refusal to bow

"וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּמָרָה"

"וְרָצוּי לְרֹב אֶחָיו"

Mordechai's name

Religious identity of the whole nation

Absence of Hashem in the Megillah