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אשר הניא, שושנת יעקב
Asher Heni, Shoshanas Yakov

אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיא עֲצַת גּוֹיִם וַיָּפֶר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים:

בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם רָשָׁע. נֵצֶר זָדוֹן מִזֶּרַע עֲמָלֵק:

גָּאָה בְּעָשְׁרוֹ וְכָרָה לוֹ בּוֹר. וּגְדֻלָּתוֹ יָקְשָׁה לּוֹ לָכֶד:

דִּמָּה בְנַפְשׁוֹ לִלְכֹּד וְנִלְכַּד. בִּקֵּשׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד וְנִשְׁמַד מְהֵרָה:

הָמָן הוֹדִיעַ אֵיבַת אֲבוֹתָיו וְעוֹרֵר שִׂנְאַת אַחִים לַבָּנִים:

וְלֹא זָכַר רַחֲמֵי שָׁאוּל. כִּי בְחֶמְלָתוֹ עַל אֲגָג נוֹלַד אוֹיֵב:

זָמַם רָשָׁע לְהַכְרִית צַדִּיק. וְנִלְכַּד טָמֵא בִּידֵי טָהוֹר:

חֶסֶד גָּבַר עַל שִׁגְגַת אָב. וְרָשָׁע הוֹסִיף חֵטְא עַל חֲטָאָיו:

טָמַן בְּלִבּוֹ מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמָיו. וַיִּתְמַכֵּר לַעֲשׂוֹת רָעָה:

יָדוֹ שָׁלַח בִּקְדוֹשֵׁי אֵל. כַּסְפּוֹ נָתַן לְהַכְרִית זִכְרָם:

כִּרְאוֹת מָרְדְּכַי כִּי יָצָא קֶצֶף וְדָתֵי הָמָן נִתְּנוּ בְשׁוּשָׁן:

לָבַשׁ שַׂק וְקָשַׁר מִסְפֵּד וְגָזַר צוֹם וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הָאֵפֶר:

מִי זֶה יַעֲמֹד לְכַפֵּר שְׁגָגָה וְלִמְחֹל חַטַּאת עֲוֹן אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:

נֵץ פָּרַח מִלּוּלָב. הֵן הֲדַסָּה עָמְדָה לְעוֹרֵר יְשֵׁנִים:

סָרִיסֶיהָ הִבְהִילוּ לְהָמָן לְהַשְׁקוֹתוֹ יֵין חֲמַת תַּנִּינִים:

עָמַד בְּעָשְׁרוֹ וְנָפַל בְּרִשְׁעוֹ. עָשָׂה לוֹ עֵץ וְנִתְלָה עָלָיו:

פִּיהֶם פָּתְחוּ כָּל יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל. כִּי פוּר הָמָן נֶהְפַּךְ לְפוּרֵנוּ:

צַדִּיק נֶחֱלַץ מִיַּד רָשָׁע. אוֹיֵב נִתַּן תַּחַת נַפְשׁוֹ:

קִיְּמוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת פּוּרִים וְלִשְׂמֹחַ בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה:

רָאִיתָ אֶת תְּפִלַּת מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר. הָמָן וּבָנָיו עַל הָעֵץ תָּלִיתָ:

שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יַעֲקֹב צָהֲלָה וְשָׂמֵחָה בִּרְאוֹתָם יַחַד תְּכֵלֶת מָרְדְּכָי:

תְּשׁוּעָתָם הָיִיתָ לָנֶצַח. וְתִקְוָתָם בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר:

לְהוֹדִיעַ שֶׁכָּל קֹוֶיךָ לֹא יֵבֹשׁוּ. וְלֹא יִכָּלְמוּ לָנֶצַח כָּל הַחוֹסִים בָּךְ:

אָרוּר הָמָן אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵשׁ לְאַבְּדִי.

בָּרוּךְ מָרְדְּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי.

אֲרוּרָה זֶרֶשׁ אֵשֶׁת מַפְחִידִי.

בְּרוּכָה אֶסְתֵּר בַּעֲדִי.

אֲרוּרִים כָּל הָרְשָׁעִים.

בְּרוּכִים כָּל הַצַּדִּיקִים.

וְגַם חַרְבוֹנָה זָכוּר לַטּוֹב:

He Who refused the counsel to the nations; and annulled the plots of the scheming ones.

When a wicked man rose up against us; a wicked shoot from the seed of Amalek.

He boasted in his riches, and dug a pit for himself; and his greatness entrapped and captured him.

He imagined in his soul to capture, and he himself was caught; he sought to destroy, and was himself destroyed quickly.

Haman made known the enmity of his fathers, and re-awakened the brother's hatred upon the sons.

And he remembered not the mercies of Saul; that in his pity upon Agag the enemy was born.

The wicked plotted to cut down the righteous; but the unclean was captured by the hands of the pure.

Kindness overcame the father's misdeed; whereas the wicked added sin upon his sins.

He hid in his heart the thoughts of his schemes; and he sold himself to do evil.

His sent forth his hand against the holy ones of G-d; giving his money to obliterate their memory.

When Mordecai saw that the wrath had gone forth, and the edicts of Haman were given in Shushan.

He wore sackcloth and girded eulogy; he decreed a fast, and sat upon ashes.

Who shall stand up to atone for the misdeed; and to bring pardon for the sin, the iniquity of our fathers?

A shoot spouted form the Lulav; behold Hadassah arose to awaken the sleeping.

Her eunuchs confounded Haman, to give him wine of the venomous serpents.

He stood up in his wealth, then fell in his wickedness; he constructed a gallows, and was then hanged upon it.

All the inhabitants of civilization opened their mouths [in song]; for the lots of Haman was transformed to our Purim.

The righteous was delivered from the hand of the wicked; the enemy given over in place of himself.

They established upon them to make Purim, and to rejoice each and every year.

You saw the prayer of Mordecai and Esther; You hanged Haman and his sons on the gallows.

The rose of Jacob cheered and rejoiced; when they all saw the blue robes of Mordechai.

You have always been their deliverance; and their hope in every generation.

... to make it known that all who hope in You will never be humiliated; and never will those who trust in You be ashamed.

Cursed be Haman who sought to destroy me,

blessed be Mordechai the Jew.

Cursed be Zeresh, wife of he who terrified me;

blessed be Esther [who interceded] on my behalf.

Cursed be all the wicked,

blessed be all the righteous;

and also, may Charvonah be remembered for good.

AMALEK

1) ויפר מחשבות ערומים -

Describing Amalek as "Arum - cunning," reminds us of the Nachash (snake) of Bereishis. What is the connection here?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 17:8:5:1

2) נצר זדון מזרע עמלק -

What is Amalek's association with the term "Zadon," wanton sin?

1. Mafteach to Devarim 25:17:1:1:1

HAMAN'S PLOT

3) דמה בנפשו ללכד ונלכד -

What Midrash do these words allude to?

1. Insights to Kidushin 38:1, citing Midrash Esther Rabah

ESTHER

4) הן הדסה עמדה -

Why is Esther known as "Hadasah"?

1. Mafteach to Esther 2:7:2

5) הן הדסה עמדה לעורר ישנים -

In what sense had the Jews been "sleeping"? How did Esther "awaken" them? How is this commemorated in the Mitzvos of Purim?

1. Insights to Megilah 13:4

2. Mafteach to Esther 3:8:1:1

THE PUR

6) כי פור המן נהפך לפורנו -

What was Haman's strategy in casting lots to determine on what date he would annihilate the Jews? Why is Purim named for this seemingly minor detail?

1. Discussion for Yoma 39:7, section III

MORDECHAI'S PRAYER

7) ראית את תפלת מרדכי ואסתר -

What is the hint to Mordechai's name in the Torah? What was Mordechai's special connection to Tefilah? How was this Tefilah what overcame Haman?

1. Insights to Megilah 12:3

2. Insights to Sukah 14:2

3. Insights to Megilah 13:4

8) ראית את תפלת מרדכי ואסתר -

What is the hint to Esther on the Torah? Why does the Gemara (Chulin 139b( need to search for such allusions to the main characters in the Purim story?

1. Insights to Chulin 139:4:c

HAMAN'S TREE

9) המן ובניו על העץ תלית -

Where is Haman alluded to in the Torah? How does the same context allude to the sin that brought him on? What lesson were the Jewish People therefore meant to take, at that significant point in history?

1. Insights to Chulin 139:4:b

2. Insights to Kidushin 38:1

SALVATION

10) תשועתם היית לנצח, ותקותם בכל דור ודור. -

How did the miracle of Purim show the Jewish people, that Hashem would always be with them and protect them?

1. Insights to Yoma 29:2

BLESSED BE...

11) ארורים כל הרשעים. ברוכים כל הצדיקים. -

What is the source for this text?

1. Tosfos to Megilah 7:4

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