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Mordechai could have bowed to Haman with impunity
It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's sole adviser ...
Achashverosh put on the garments of a "Kohen Gadol" (Megillah 12a) and attempted to sit on King Solomon's throne (Esther Rabbah ... placing an image of a Persian deity on his body and demanding ...