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Mordecai ( / ˈmɔːrdɪkaɪ, mɔːrdɪˈkeɪaɪ /; [ 1] also Mordechai; Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי, Modern: Mŏrdoḵay, Tiberian: Mārdoḵay, [ a] IPA: [moʁdeˈχaj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in Tanna Devei Eliyahu as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin and ...
The conspirators are apprehended and hanged, and Mordecai's service to the King is officially recorded (2:21–23). Ahasuerus appoints Haman as his viceroy (3:1). Mordecai, who sits at the palace gates, falls into Haman's disfavour, as he refuses to bow down to him (3:2–5). Haman discovers that Mordecai refuses to bow on account of his being ...
v. t. e. Purim ( / ˈpʊərɪm /; פּוּרִים Pūrīm ⓘ, lit. ' lots '; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the 5th century BCE).
His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of his refusal to bow before him; bowing in front of another person was a prominent gesture of respect in Persian society, but deemed unacceptable by Mordecai, who believes that a Jew should only express submissiveness to God. Consequently, Haman plots to have ...
Agagite. The term Agagite ( Hebrew: אגגי, romanized : ’Ǎḡāḡî) is used in the Book of Esther as a description of Haman. The term is understood to be an ethnonym although nothing is known with certainty about the people designated by the name. According to Cheyne and Black, this term is used to label Haman, figuratively, as a ...
The meaning of the name Gog remains uncertain, and in any case, the author of the Ezekiel prophecy seems to attach no particular importance to it. [1] Efforts have been made to identify him with various individuals, notably Gyges , a king of Lydia in the early 7th century BC, but many scholars do not believe he is related to any historical person.
Glendale, New York, U.S. Semikhah. Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881 – November 8, 1983) was an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism along with his son-in-law ...
Portrait of Mordecai Benet, from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Mordecai ben Abraham Benet ( Hebrew : מרדכי בן אברהם בנט , also Marcus Benedict ; 1753–1829) was a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia .