PEREK 7
According to Malbim, was Achashverosh truly unaware of the plans to kill an entire nation?
How did Charvonah know that the tree had been intended for Mordechai?
What is the significance of the date of Haman's downfall, 16 Nisan?
1. Parasha-Page for Purim 5756 section V
2. Mafteach to Shemos 17:8:1.2:1:2, citing Maharal in Ohr Chadash p. 183
PEREK 8
Why is it significant that the house of Haman was granted to Esther, and to Mordechai?
According to the Vilna Gaon, how does this Pasuk allude to the order of daily Tefilah?
Did Achashverosh grant Esther's request, or did he not? What would sending new letters accomplish?
What is the significance of the date 23 Sivan? What other event took place on that date?
The Gemara (18b) states that we do not know the precise translation of this phrase. What suggestions do the commentators give?
Why did Mordechai write permission to the Jews to wipe out their enemies? Why did he grant the right to take spoils, if he had no intention of them doing so (see 9:10)?
What do these four expressions of joy represent, and what is their significance?
PEREK 9
What is the distinction between the "Oyevim" (foes) and "Sone'im" (haters)? What was the fate of each?
How did the Jewish people accomplish this turnaround? In what other story do we find such a "turnaround"?
1. Members' Lecture for Purim 5770 from 17:45 til 22:50, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
2. Marei Mekomos for Members' Lecture on Purim 5770 section 20 til 23
3. Members' Lecture for Purim 5771 from 22:00 til 28:00, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
4. Members' Lecture for Purim 5771 from 45:20, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
5. Marei Mekomos for Members' Lecture on Purim 5771 section 44, and on
What did Esther accomplish with her request for an additional day on which the Jews could kill their enemies in Shushan?
1. Mafteach to Esther 9:13:1:1, and on
Did the Jews need to fight for their lives? In verse 9:2 we learned that no one stood up to face them, out of fear!
Why was it initially only the residents of unwalled cities who celebrated?
In what sense will Megilas Esther endure forever, even more so than the other Sefarim?
1. Lecture for Megilah 7 from 34:50 til 38:45, by Rabbi Maier Caplan
2. Lecture for Megilah 7 from 52:25, by Rabbi Maier Caplan
3. Marei Mekomos for Lecture on Megilah 7, section 4
What was the content of Mordechai's first letters (9:20-22), and what were these second letters (9:29-31)?
What was the deciding factor in Megilas Esther being accepted as part of Tanach?
PEREK 10
What does the Vilna Gaon expound from this "Mas" (tax)? What is the lesson for us now, after the Purim miracle?
1. Members' lecture for Purim 5767 from 34:00, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
2. Marei Mekomos for Members' Lecture on Purim 5767 section 14
