 Abba Gorion vii., ed.Buber, Wilna, 1886; in Targum Sheni this is narrated somewhat differently).Haman selected a thorn-tree in the king's garden, and, singing and rejoicing, set it up before his door, and said to himself, "To-morrow, in the morning, at the time of the reading of the "Shema", I shall hang Mordecai."