Talmai — Addition C 6: He asks God not to forget Israel, redeemed from Egypt; turn mourning to feasting.
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Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-04.17-06/
Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1a-30a

GREEK: μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν μερίδα σου ἣν σεαυτῷ ἐλυτρώσω ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· ἐπάκουσον τῆς δεήσεώς μου καὶ ἱλάσθητι τῷ κλήρῳ σου, καὶ στρέψον τὸ πένθος ἡμῶν εἰς εὐωχίαν, ἵνα ζῶντες ὑμνῶμέν σου τὸ ὄνομα, Κύριε, καὶ μὴ ἀφανίσῃς στόμα αἰνούντων σοι.
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): Do not overlook your portion, which you redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt; hear my supplication and be merciful to your inheritance, and turn our mourning into feasting, that living we may hymn your name, Lord, and do not blot out the mouths of those who praise you.

PARALLELS:
- [Flagged] Targum Sheni on Esther 5:1:2 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. 'If we are destroyed, who will give thanks before you?' is the specific petitionary logic of Addition C's 'do not blot out the mouths of those who praise you.'
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 4:10 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Mordecai's rebuke grounds Esther's obligation explicitly in the Exodus redemption and the defeat of Amalek -- matching Addition C's appeal to 'your portion, which you redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt.'
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 4:13 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. The three-day fast is placed on Passover itself, explicitly cancelling the festival -- a deliberate inversion of feasting into mourning tied to the very fast Addition C's petition asks God to reverse ('turn our mourning into feasting').
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 6:6 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Mordecai answers Haman by quoting Ps 30:12 nearly verbatim -- 'you turned my mourning into dancing, you loosed my sackcloth' -- the same 'turn mourning into feasting' language as Addition C's petition.
- [Flagged] Esther Rabbah 8:7 (Esther Rabbah) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'וידע המרגיז הזה כי לא שכחת ההבטחה שהבטחתנו' (let this troubler know you have not forgotten the promise) matches Addition C's 'do not overlook your portion... your inheritance' — a shared specific plea that God remember his ancient promise, non-MT.
- [Motif] Megillah 14a:5 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. The a fortiori linking Exodus redemption to obligatory praise/song matches the plus's petition to 'hymn your name... and not blot out the mouths of those who praise you.'
- [Flagged] Rashi on Megillah 14a:5:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. The Exodus song at the sea is the specific redemption-from-Egypt precedent Addition C invokes as grounds for its petition.
- [Flagged] Rashi on Megillah 14a:8:2 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'We are still Ahasuerus's slaves, redeemed only from death' directly engages the same Egypt-redemption comparison Addition C's petition raises.
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 4:13:8 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. Mordecai's appeal recites the Exodus redemption -- plagues, the sea, Pharaoh's chariots drowned -- as the specific ground for the present plea, matching Addition C's own appeal to 'your portion, which you redeemed out of the land of Egypt.'
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1056:11 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. Mordecai's message to Esther grounds hope specifically in the Exodus redemption ('כששמט נפשות בכוריהן וטבע שונאיהם בים'), matching the plus's appeal not to overlook the portion redeemed out of Egypt; not MT material (this exchange is absent from MT).
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 16b:8:2 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'This is a festival -- they took festival days upon themselves' is the concrete institution answering Addition C's petition 'turn our mourning into feasting.'