[Avodah] What is a saris?

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:00 PM, SBA <sba at sba2.com> wrote:
> From: Zev Sero
> > As for Haman, if saris is meant literally, perhaps he was castrated for
> > the sake of his career after he had his children.
>
>  So then why did Achasverosh get upset at him saying
>   "Hagam lichbosh es hamalka imi baboyis"?

Does lichbosh refer to actual relations, or merely the violation of
Achashveirosh's exclusive possession of the Queen as "his"? Even a
saris could, presumably, be "close" enough to offend... After all, all
Haman actually did was fall and yet this was enough to trigger
Achashveirosh's anger.

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh