Purim: Mordecai Did Not Kneel Because The King Did Not Order It!
Purim: Mordecai Did Not Kneel Because The King Did Not Order It!
Forensic and Legal Investigation:
Mordecai Did Not Kneel Because The King Did Not Order It!
The Scroll of Esther is unclear in many ways. One of the major questions is why did Mordecai risk his life, the life of Queen Esther, and the whole Jewish nation, with his stubborn refusal to kneel before Haman. There are many explanations for Mordecai's actions, but none of them are satisfactory. Mordecai himself knew that, in Jewish law, it was not prohibited to kneel before a man; and, indeed, the great Jewish minds refused to follow Mordecai, and establish such a religious rule.[1] In this article, I will try to prove that Mordecai based on his thorough knowledge of the king's courtconcluded that the order to kneel before Haman was not authorized by the king, and his refusal was designed to expose and depose Haman.
In order to understand the story, the Scroll will be used as a testimony document, using rules of legal analysis,[2] and the theorems that appear in Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom's book Between the Lines of the Bible.[3] Using these tools, I will expose the inner thoughts of the participants, which will teach us how to analyze similar situations in our own society. The article will show that: Haman's desire for respect usurped the king's power, which led to his untimely demise; Esther, with the guidance of Mordecai, grew from a timid girl to a powerful queen; and Mordecai, the leader of a small nation scattered all over the kingdom, established a network of supporters and succeeded in protecting his niece, and becoming the right-hand man to the king. In the article, several possibilities will be presented without supporting evidence; nevertheless, I will prove that the participants, in these events, should have thought about, or carried out the actions, I am imagining for them.
The story developed around several orders of the king. Because I am not privy to the king's true intentions, I will read the story very carefully. I'll demonstrate that the king found Haman guilty of fabricating an order to kill, without actual royal authority. But, I have no way to prove directly whether the king authorized the order to kneel before Haman. Although a person's character and habits are legally inadmissible in court, there are several exemptions to this rule when a person is operating from his usual habits and modus operandi.[4] In emphasizing these exemptions, I observe that the story is made up of many dual related incidents that explain, and complete one another, to create a clearer picture. In order to establish that Haman was not authorized to demand that the king's dignitaries kneel before him, as Etshalom mentioned in his lecture,[5] I will prove the following three items:
1. Haman wished to have the king pay homage to him with a parade given in his honor;
2. Haman changed the king's order by adding explanatory words, which contradicted the king's intent after he'd already obtained the king's approval;
3. Mordecai was privy to the king's conversations. The king, with his promotion of Mordecai to his right hand man, approved of Mordecai's being knowledgeable of all that occurred in the court.
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Bibliography
Etshalom Y., And He Did Not Bow Nor Bend: Explaining Mordechai's Zealotry, 2009
Etshalom Y., Between the Lines of the Bible, Yashar Books Inc., Brooklyn, New York, 2006.
Romantz D. S. and Vinson K. E., Legal Analysis the Fundamental Skill, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina, 2009.
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[1] Objection to give respect to rulers was rejected as a suicide by the Jewish elders.
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[2] Romantz, Legal Analysis the Fundamental Skill
[3] Etshalom Y., Between the Lines of the Bible, Yashar Books Inc.
[4] Black, Black's Law Dictionary. Habit Evidence pg. 491, Modus Operand pg. 695.
[5] Etshalom, And He Did not Bow Nor Bend: Explaining Mordechai's Zealotry
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