Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Modern Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
41,1 (2021) 31-46
Keywords:
Haman
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Study and teaching
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Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949
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War criminals
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Enemies (Persons) Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Abstract:
There is a very popular teaching in Orthodox circles that the small letters found in the writing of the names of the sons of Haman in Megillat Esther are a reference to the year of the Nuremberg trials and the ten Nazis hanged at that time. In this article we will explore where this teaching originated, what it is based on, and what its message is understood to be.
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