A Major Player By Rabbi Label Lam Why did Esther invite Haman,
of all people to dine with her and King Achashverosh at the
party? Here she had one silver bullet to save the entire Jewish
People. She had risked her life to approach the king. The entire
Jewish Nation had been fasting on her behalf for three days.
Then she invited Haman the wicked oppressor of the Jews as the
chaperone to her party? Would you or I have done such a thing?
Amongst the many reasons the Talmud tells us she had in mind is
so “the Jewish People should not say that we have a daughter in
the house of the king and their minds will become diverted from
seeking mercy!” What does We learn about the original battle
with Amalek that when Moshe’s hands were raised that they were
effective in their war efforts. However, when Moshe’s hands were
down, then the battle with Amalek began to fail. The Mishne in
Rosh HaShana asks if we are to believe that the hands of Moshe
were the determining factor in success or failure? No! When
Moshe’s hands were