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In this year’s more peaceful and quieter Purim, I found a particular passage that struck me: ‘For he had told him that he was a Jew’ (Esther, 3:4). These words appear at the first incident where Mordechai refuses to bow before Haman despite the royal command to do so. The obvious question – why not? Why did Mordechai not bow? The general understanding is that Haman wore an idol around his neck and to bow would be to recognise the idol as a deity. Idol-worship is a cardinal sin that overrides the ruling to obey civil law and it is a sin that a Jew should die rather than do.
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