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#210: Are Jews Allowed to Bow to People?

#210: Are Jews Allowed to Bow to People?

Yesha Elohim on Esther 3:2

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Mar 05, 2023
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“Haman Convinces Ahashverosh” Anonymous, on display at the Royal Library, The Hague.

Gimme Some Torah #210

Esther 3:2, 3:5

וְכׇל־עַבְדֵ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ כֹּרְעִ֤ים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ לְהָמָ֔ן כִּי־כֵ֖ן צִוָּה־ל֣וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּמׇ֨רְדֳּכַ֔י לֹ֥א יִכְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֥א יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃

All the king’s courtiers in the palace gate knelt and …

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