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Megillot

Esther

Esther
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Hebrew
זֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ׃ וַיְסַפֵּר לָהֶם הָמָן אֶת־כְּבוֹד עָשְׁרוֹ וְרֹב בָּנָיו וְאֵת כָּל־
אֲשֶׁר גִּדְּלוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר נִשְּׂאוֹ עַל־הַשָּׂרִים וְעַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר
הָמָן אַף לֹא־הֵבִיאָה אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה עִם־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה אֲשֶׁר־
עָשָׂתָה כִּי אִם־אוֹתִי וְגַם־לְמָחָר אֲנִי קָרוּא־לָהּ עִם־הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ וְכָל־
זֶה אֵינֶנּוּ שׁוֶֹה לִי בְּכָל־עֵת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי רֹאֶה אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי יוֹשֵׁב
בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ זֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל־אֹהֲבָיו יַעֲשׂוּ־עֵץ גָּבֹהַּ
חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה וּבַבֹּקֶר ׀ אֱמֹר לַמֶּלֶךְ וְיִתְלוּ אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַי עָלָיו וּבֹא
עִם־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּה שָׂמֵחַ וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הָמָן וַיַּעַשׂ
הָעֵץ׃
Sephardi
Zeresh ishto: Vayesaper lahem Haman et-kevod ashro verov banav ve'et kol-
asher gidlo hamelech ve'et asher nise'o al-hasarim ve'avdei hamelech: Vayomer
Haman af lo-hevi'ah Ester hamalkah im-hamelech el-hamishteh asher-
asatah ki im-oti vegam-lemachar ani karu-lah im-hamelech: Vekhol-
zeh einenu shoveh li bekhol-et asher ani ro'eh et-Mordekhai hayehudi yoshev
besha'ar hamelech: Vatomer lo Zeresh ishto vekhol-ohavav ya'asu-etz gavoah
chamishim amah uvaboker emor lamelech veyitlu et-Mordekhai alav uvo
im-hamelech el-hamishteh same'ach vayitav hadavar lifnei Haman vaya'as
ha'etz:
English
all his friends and his wife, Zeresh. And Haman told them of his glorious wealth and the great number of his sons, and all the ways the king had elevated him, and raised him above all the ministers and the courtiers of the king. And finally Haman said, "And Esther brought no one else with the king to her feast but me, and tomorrow too I am invited to her along with the king. Yet all this is worth nothing to me, whenever I see that Jew Mordekhai, sitting there at the King's Gate." Zeresh, his wife, replied, with all his friends: "Let a post be erected, full fifty cubits high. And in the morning, just say the word to the king and Mordekhai shall be hung up on it, and then you will go happy with the king to the feast." The idea pleased Haman, and he erected the post.
Hebrew
בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא נָדְדָה שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר לְהָבִיא
אֶת־סֵפֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים וַיִּהְיוּ נִקְרָאִים לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ וַיִּמָּצֵא
כָּתוּב אֲשֶׁר הִגִּיד מָרְדֳּכַי עַל־בִּגְתָנָא וָתֶרֶשׁ שְׁנֵי סָרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ
מִשֹּׁמְרֵי הַסַּף אֲשֶׁר בִּקְשׁוּ לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד בַּמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ
מַה־נַּעֲשָׂה יְקָר וּגְדוּלָּה לְמָרְדֳּכַי עַל־זֶה וַיֹּאמְרוּ נַעֲרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָיו
לֹא־נַעֲשָׂה עִמּוֹ דָּבָר׃ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ מִי בֶּחָצֵר וְהָמָן בָּא לַחֲצַר בֵּית־
הַמֶּלֶךְ הַחִיצוֹנָה לֵאמֹר לַמֶּלֶךְ לִתְלוֹת אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַי עַל־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר־
הֵכִין לוֹ׃ וַיֹּאמְרוּ נַעֲרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵלָיו הִנֵּה הָמָן עֹמֵד בֶּחָצֵר וַיֹּאמֶר
הַמֶּלֶךְ יָבוֹא׃ וַיָּבוֹא הָמָן וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ מַה־לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר
הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן בְּלִבּוֹ לְמִי יַחְפֹּץ הַמֶּלֶךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת יְקָר
יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנִּי׃ וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ׃
יָבִיאוּ לְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת אֲשֶׁר לָבַשׁ־בּוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְסוּס אֲשֶׁר רָכַב עָלָיו
הַמֶּלֶךְ וַאֲשֶׁר נִתַּן כֶּתֶר מַלְכוּת בְּרֹאשׁוֹ׃ וְנָתוֹן הַלְּבוּשׁ וְהַסּוּס עַל־
יַד־אִישׁ מִשָּׂרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַפַּרְתְּמִים וְהִלְבִּישׁוּ אֶת־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ
חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ וְהִרְכִּיבֻהוּ עַל־הַסּוּס בִּרְחוֹב הָעִיר וְקָרְאוּ לְפָנָיו כָּכָה
יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָמָן מַהֵר
קַח אֶת־הַלְּבוּשׁ וְאֶת־הַסּוּס כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ וַעֲשֵׂה־כֵן לְמָרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי
הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אַל־תַּפֵּל דָּבָר מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ׃ וַיִּקַּח הָמָן
Sephardi
Balailah hahu nadedah shenat hamelech vayomer lehavi
et-sefer hazichronot divrei hayamim vayihyu nikra'im lifnei hamelech: Vayimatze
katuv asher higid Mordekhai al-Bigtana Vateresh shenei sarisei hamelech
mishomrei hasaf asher bikshu lishlo'ach yad bamelech Achashverosh: Vayomer hamelech
mah-na'asah yekar ugedulah leMordekhai al-zeh vayomru na'arei hamelech meshartav
lo-na'asah imo davar: Vayomer hamelech mi bechatzer veHaman ba lachatzar beit-
hamelech hachitzonah leimor lamelech litlot et-Mordekhai al-ha'etz asher-
hechin lo: Vayomru na'arei hamelech elav hineh Haman omed bechatzer vayomer
hamelech yavo: Vayavo Haman vayomer lo hamelech mah-la'asot ba'ish asher
hamelech chafetz bikaro vayomer Haman belibo lemi yachpotz hamelech la'asot yekar
yoteir mimeni: Vayomer Haman el-hamelech ish asher hamelech chafetz bikaro:
yavi'u levush malchut asher lavash-bo hamelech vesus asher rachav alav
hamelech va'asher nitan keter malchut berosho: Venaton halevush vehasus al-
yad-ish misarei hamelech hapartemim vehilbishu et-ha'ish asher hamelech
chafetz bikaro vehirkivuhu al-hasus birchov ha'ir vekar'u lefanav kachah
yei'aseh la'ish asher hamelech chafetz bikaro: Vayomer hamelech leHaman maher
kach et-halevush ve'et-hasus ka'asher dibarta va'aseh-ken leMordekhai hayehudi
hayoshev besha'ar hamelech al-tapel davar mikol asher dibarta: Vayikach Haman
English
The king slept fitfully that night. And he called for the scroll of the records, the Chronicles of the Realm, to be brought to him, to be read out before the king. There it was found written that Mordekhai had reported Bigtan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, guards of the threshold, who had planned to lay hands upon King Ahasuerus. The king said, "What honor or greatness has been granted Mordekhai for doing this?" and the king's pages, those who were attending him, said, "Nothing has been done for him at all." "Who is in the courtyard?" asked the king. And Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the king's palace, to speak to the king about hanging Mordekhai on the post he had prepared for him. The king's pages said to him, "Ah, there is Haman standing in the courtyard," and the king said, "Show him in!" In came Haman, and the king asked him, "What should be done for a man the king wishes to honor?" Said Haman to himself, "Who could the king wish to honor more than me?" So Haman told the king, "The man the king wishes to honor - well, let the clothes of royalty be brought forth, clothes that the king himself has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed upon its head; and let these clothes and the horse be entrusted to one of the king's noble ministers, to dress the man whom the king has a wish to honor. And let him lead that man, riding on the horse, across the town square, crying out before him as they go, 'This is what is done for the man the king wishes to honor!'" "Hurry now!" said the king to Haman; "Take the clothes and the horse as you have said, and do just that for Mordekhai the Jew, who sits at the King's Gate - let no detail fall short of what you have described!" So Haman took the clothes and the horse and dressed Mordekhai, and led