Often Haman is presented as a pure personification of evil, but I have never seen him that way. To me, he seems disturbed, in a pathetic sort of way, and that disturbance is the root of his evil ...

The cause of death for the 54-year-old Haman is unknown. “We love you so much and you will be in our thoughts forever!” wrote Sam Haman, who followed in his father’s footsteps as a bodybuilder.

Haman’s epithet, Agagite, indicates his descent from Agag, King of the Amalekite people. The similarity of his personality suggests this descent may be symbolic. The king had ordered Mordecai to ...

Marks traces the first record of oznei Haman as something to eat back to a 1550 satirical Hebrew play that was produced for a Purim carnival in Mantua, Italy, and “is the oldest extant Jewish ...

Haman, a high level government official who was implementing a massive wealth redistribution program aimed at equity for Persians had been the victim of a nasty smear campaign led by Mordecai.

Mordechai refuses to bow before Haman as required by the new regulations. The astute reader may be wondering whether Haman himself had anything to do with the abortive coup.

Haman’s spiritual root as well must be found within the Torah, and by understanding this source, we can understand his spiritual nature and purpose. The Gemara answers: “ Ha’min ha’eitz.” ...

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reversed his earlier comparison of President Obama to the biblical villain Haman, saying that Iran — not the president — is comparable to the ancient enemy of the Jews.