Mishlei 25:21-22 - Mishleic Vengeance: Against Your Enemy, Against Amalek, and Against Haman

The Mishlei Podcast · Mar 6, 2023 · 47m

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Mishlei 25:21-22 - Mishleic Vengeance: Against Your Enemy, Against Amalek, and Against Haman

(כא) אִם רָעֵב שֹׂנַאֲךָ הַאֲכִלֵהוּ לָחֶם וְאִם צָמֵא הַשְׁקֵהוּ מָיִם.

(כב) כִּי גֶחָלִים אַתָּה חֹתֶה עַל רֹאשׁוֹ וַי"י יְשַׁלֶּם לָךְ.

Length: 46 minutes

Synopsis: This morning (3/6/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we decided to take up a topic related to Purim. The Gemara in Megilah 15b cites a number of reasons why Esther invited Haman to her private parties. One answer is based on a couplet of pesukim in Mishlei about taking revenge…