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In Chullin 139b, the Gemara asks about hints in the Torah for several of the figures in the Megillah, and provides answers:

"Where is {Haman, Esther, Mordechai} hinted at in the Torah?" (?המן\אסתר\מרדכי מן התורה מנין?‏)

Why doesn't it ask about Achashverosh as well? He's certainly as major a character in the story as any of them. (And in fact, while by name he's mentioned only about half as many times as each of them - 29, as compared to 50+ for each of the other three - his title המלך appears by itself some 160 times.)

In Chullin 139b, the Gemara asks about hints in the Torah for several of the figures in the Megillah, and provides answers:

"Where is {Haman, Esther, Mordechai} hinted at in the Torah?" (?המן\אסתר\מרדכי מן התורה מנין)

Why doesn't it ask about Achashverosh as well? He's certainly as major a character in the story as any of them. (And in fact, while by name he's mentioned only about half as many times as each of them - 29, as compared to 50+ for each of the other three - his title המלך appears by itself some 160 times.)

In Chullin 139b, the Gemara asks about hints in the Torah for several of the figures in the Megillah, and provides answers:

"Where is {Haman, Esther, Mordechai} hinted at in the Torah?" (המן\אסתר\מרדכי מן התורה מנין?‏)

Why doesn't it ask about Achashverosh as well? He's certainly as major a character in the story as any of them. (And in fact, while by name he's mentioned only about half as many times as each of them - 29, as compared to 50+ for each of the other three - his title המלך appears by itself some 160 times.)

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Why not "Where is Achashverosh in the Torah"?

In Chullin 139b, the Gemara asks about hints in the Torah for several of the figures in the Megillah, and provides answers:

"Where is {Haman, Esther, Mordechai} hinted at in the Torah?" (?המן\אסתר\מרדכי מן התורה מנין)

Why doesn't it ask about Achashverosh as well? He's certainly as major a character in the story as any of them. (And in fact, while by name he's mentioned only about half as many times as each of them - 29, as compared to 50+ for each of the other three - his title המלך appears by itself some 160 times.)