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Sefer Pirush Megilas Achashevrosh Saruk Venice Fine Ed. פירוש מגילת אחשורוש סרוק
Perush al Megillat Achashverosh. Rabbi Zechariah ben Saruk
Commentary on Esther, Zechariah Saruk, 1585
פירוש על מגילת אסתר ויניציאה
ספר מטה יהודה
“The king comes across as even more nefarious in the commentary of Rabbi Zechariah ben Saruk, an exegete who lived in Spain and north Africa in the fifteenth century. Rabbi Zechariah was an admirer of Aristotle, especially of the philosopher’s Politics; however his depictions of the ancient Persian government might owe more to the events of the Spanish Inquisition and expulsion from Iberia (his commentary to Esther was completed in Algiers in 1493). According to Rabbi Zechariah’s interpretation, when Haman approached the king he was only requesting permission to outlaw their religion and to confiscate their property; but it was Ahasuerus who expanded that original decree into a broad mandate “to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews,” with the expenses of the campaign being borne by the government. ” Via E. Segal