[Avodah] What is a saris?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Michael Makovi <mikewinddale at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Alternatively, Soncino says that perhaps Achashverosh deliberately
> misunderstood Haman's act as rape just to increase Haman's misery
> (again, Haman was simply begging for her mercy).
>
> Mikha'el Makovi



Hypothesis [not mine I sw this years ago]
Achashveirosh never did anything arbitrarily - he cloaked it with a veil of
legalism. Illlustrations:

   1. With Vashti - he made her rebelliousness a cause celebre of
   anti-Feminist rage
   2. Witt Haman, he would not simply excute him as a personal matter,
   when he could  find him guilty of attempted rape of the queen.



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