Purim Toireh for Chanukah

The Gemoro (Megillah 15b) says that Haman had 30 sons. Some say at least 70 sons and others say 208 sons.

How do we sing/say in the Maoz Tzur  רוב בניו -על העץ תלית (the majority of his sons were hung) when only 10 were hung?

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ANSWER TO RIDDLE WHAT WAS HAMANS FATHERS NAME

 THE QUESTION WAS POSED HERE: 

WHAT WAS HAMANS FATHERS NAME 

According to Wikipedia , his fathers name was Hammedatha 

THAT ANSWER IS WRONG!!!!

המן בן המדתא was not the son of המדתא

המן בן המדתא was not the son of המדתא   The ירושלמי יבמות פ"ב ה"ו says, המן could not have been the son of  המדתא בן המדתא means Haman the evil person, a descendant of Hamdasa the evil person. Hamdasa lived 13 generations before Haman. Between the various נוסחיות in מס' סופרים פי"ג & the תרגום שני we have 4 possible names for Haman's  father כוזא - ביזא- סרח- סדא

 

Riddle for Purim

 RIDDLE

What was Haman Ben Hamdasa's father's name?

Ten Purim Facts

1)Although there are 5 Megilos, Chazal

(Bavli & Yerushalmi) refer to, only 

Megillas Esther as a Megillah.

They never refer to the other 4 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 is to bang only where Haman and

his father are mentioned.(Haman ben Hamdasa)

4)According to Kabbalah you should bang, only

with your feet.

5)According to the Targum Sheini, The 50 Amos

pole,they hung Haman on,  came from Noach's Teivah.

6)The name of the horse Mordechai rode on,

was שפרגז  "spare gas" (Targum Sheini)

7)The Mateh Moishe writes the reason Chazal

said Chayav -L'Besuma because drunk

people are loose with their money and will

give more to the poor

8)According to the Tur  a Chosson should not

attend Shul for Megillah. He should have ten

people come to the house to Lein Megillah. 

9)The Seder Hadoros writes, When R. Yehudah

Halevi wrote the Piyut "Adon Chasdecha" **

the Ibn Ezra added a Stanza at the letter Reish.

R.Y.Halevi was so impressed, he gave

him his daughter for marriage.

Hence two stanzas for the letter Reish.

10)The Shu"t Dvar Shmuel (193) criticizes strongly

the printers of Meseches Purim***. He claims

it is Chilul Hatorah to imitate the Gemoro and

turn it into a song and comedy. 

**Sefardim say it on Parshas Zachor

*** written 700 years ago and printed

 in the year 1513

Minhagim that are weird (according to Haman)

In Targum Sheini on Megilas Esther it says, Haman told Achashveirosh about the Yidden

that they are different and have weird Minhagim. The Targum Sheini lists all the Minhagim

that Haman complained about. One of them is , on Shavuos they go on top of the Shul's

roof and throw down apples.