The
10 things everybody (who reads
this) knows.
1)
Only Megillas Esther is referred to as a Megillah
in Chazal (Bavli &Yerushalmi)
The other 4
are never referred to as a Megillah.
2) There is
a Machlokes if banging at Haman,
is for
children only (Maharil)
or for
adults as well (Chacham Tzvi)
3) Minhag
Lita (some others as well) is to bang only
where Haman and his father are mentioned.
(Haman ben Hamdasa)
4) According
to Kabbalah, banging at Haman should
only be done with the feet.
5) According
to the Targum Sheini, The 50 Amos
pole, they
hanged Haman on, came from Noach's Teivah.
6) The name
of the horse Mordechai rode on,
was שפרגז
(spare gas-super gas- safer gas)
(Targum Sheini)
7) The Tur
quotes from one of the Gaonim to say תחנון on Purim.
8) According
to the Megilas Taanis, one may not
fast on 13th of Adar (Taanis Esther)
9)The total
words of Megilas Esther are an odd
number of words. (מ"ב תר"צ ס"ק ט needs
explanation)
10) Haman
& Esther are both mentioned in the
Megillah 55 times. (רוקח)
**Sefardim
say it on Parshas Zachor
*** written
700 years ago and printed
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