Rashi, on Esth 6:1

“That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,”

“the king’s sleep was disturbed It was a miracle. And some say that he took to heart that Esther had invited Haman; perhaps she had set her eyes upon him, and he would assassinate him. to bring the book of the records It is customary for kings that when their sleep is disturbed, parables and lectures are recited to them until their sleep is restored. Our Rabbis, however, explained that since he took to heart [the matter of] Haman and Esther, he said [to himself], “It is impossible that none of my friends should know their plan and divulge it to me.” He [thought] again and said [to himself], “Perhaps someone did me a favor, and I did not reward him and they don’t care about me anymore.” Therefore, “he ordered to bring the book of the records.””

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.