In Megillah Esther 3,9 we learn about ten tousand kessef (כסף) that is Haman going to pay for his final goal of the destruction of the jewish people. Now in the Talmud Megillah 13b:20 it says that the Sheckel that the jews used to pay in Adar outweight this amount. I understand, that it was more and i know that the jews were suppoesed to give a half a sheckel (for construction of the mishkan, for counting population and for the communal offerings) but what does it mean it is outmeasured? How does Hashem measure here? Especially in Megillah 16a:7 we learn that Haman was a slave to Mordechai and all his money belongs to Mordechai anyway... i am confused...

Asked on October 12, 2020