[Avodah] Binfol oyivkha al tismach?

[Zev Sero]

On 3/05/2011 5:06 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> Well, presumably in connection to current events (archive readers:
> this was posted shortly after bin Laden y"sh's death) R' Shmuel Herzfeld
> posted the following translation of the Meshekh Chokhmah (Shemos 12:16,
> "hineih") on Kol haRav blog
> http://kolharav.blogspot.com/2011/05/r-meir-simcha-of-dvinsk-on-celebrating.html

And against this we have an explicit gemara that attributes this view
to Haman Harasha, in a machlokes with Mordechai Hayehudi.  The same
gemara also explicitly says "hu eino sas aval acheirim meisis".  That's
a tough burden to overcome.

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