Zeresh

The midrash portrays Zeresh as being even more wicked than her husband Haman (Midrash le-Esther, Ozar ha-Midrashim [ed. Eisenstein], p. 51).

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Afterwards, Haman returned home to once again take counsel with Zeresh and his confidants.

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

In another midrashic account, Haman had 365 advisors, like the days of the year, but none could give him advice as good as that of his wife Zeresh.

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Wise women are celebrated in Proverbs (14: 1): “The wisest of women builds her house,” while the end of this verse says of the wicked Zeresh: “but folly tears it down with its own hand” (Midrash Proverbs 14: 1).

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The Rabbis prescribe that on Purim everyone must say: “Cursed be Haman, cursed be his sons, cursed be Zeresh his wife,” thereby fulfilling Prov.

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The Book of Esther relates that Haman, incensed after he saw that Mordecai did not prostrate himself before him, returned home to consult with his friends and his wife Zeresh.

Zeresh: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.

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Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet.

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Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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