- Midrash Rebbe Akiva ben Yosef al Osion Ketanos writes that the small letter zayin in Vayizasa hints to the seven negative characteristics which Haman ascribed to the Jews (Esther 3:8):
1. am echad – they are singular
2. mifuzar – they are spread apart
3. mifurad – they are splintered among themselves
4. bichol midinos – they are everywhere
5. vi’daseihem shonos – their laws are different from ours
6.dasei hamelech einamosim – they ignore your law
7.ein shoveh li’hanicham – they are not worth keeping
