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This would have to begin with Micah 6:8: והצנע לכת עם א-להיך, "be tzanua in walking with your G-d" (this is one of only two instances of this root in Tanach, the other being in Prov. 11:2, ואת צנועים חכמה).
The Gemara (Sukkah 49b and Rashi there) explain this as referring to mitzvos done in public, like funerals and weddings; even these need to be done with ...
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It appears that the Tannaim Reb Meir and Reb Yehudah (and others) dealt with this question in Megilla 13a.
Rabbi Meir said: her name was Esther; why was she called Hadassah?
Because of the Righteos Tzaddikim who are called Haddasim.
Rabbi Yehuda said: her name was Hadassah; why was she called Esther?
Because she hid her words (the information ...
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To respond only to your second question, there is a relevant passage in the gemara on Sanhedrin 74b. An objection is raised that concerns how Esther could have submitted herself publicly to Ahashverosh when we learn that it is better to die than to commit the sin of 'forbidden relations'. The terse resolution of Abayye is to suggest that "Esther was like the ...
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