Rashi, on Esth 1:8

“Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would.”

“according to the law Because there are feasts in which they coerce those seated to drink [the contents] of a large vessel, and some can drink it only with difficulty, but here, no one coerced [anyone]. ordained Heb. יִסַד, an expression referring to a foundation (יְסוֹד) ; i.e., so he instituted and ordained. upon every steward of his house upon all the stewards of the feast: the chief baker, the chief butcher, and the chief butler. to do according to every man’s wish Heb. אִישּׁ וָאִישּׁ, lit. man and man, for each one his desire.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.