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Concerning Esther's rise to power as queen of Achashveirosh (Xerxes I) of Persia and her thwarting Haman's attempt to destroy the Jewish people during the era of exile after the Destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash
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wine from his country
The verse actually describes the second party as meant "for all those present in Shushan Habirah." Given that various commentaries distinguish between this and plain Shushan, it's indeed quite likely …
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Shushan Versus Shushan Habirah
Ibn Ezra (throughout the Megillah, and also to Gen. 14:1) says that "birah" means a palace, and thus that Shushan Habirah means "the royal palace in the Shushan area." He also says (commentary to Esth …
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Memuchan, Hasach, Daniel
Me'am Loez (citing Menos Halevi) says that the fact that they both equal 95 is exactly the reason why the name was changed, so as not to associate the tzaddik Daniel with the rasha Haman.
(I had inco …
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Chamaish Maiyos Ish
The Rogatchover Gaon writes (paragraph beginning ועיין תוספתא) that since there is an obligation to say the names of Haman's sons in one breath, then one can't fulfill this obligation by hearing someo …
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Why didn't Mordechai keep Mitzvos -- serious edition
I once heard an explanation - will have to see if I can find the source - that these other servants (Jews, presumably) held with the opinion later expressed by Rambam (Hil. Yesodei Hatorah 5:1,4) that …
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How to fold Esther's scroll
I can tell you what I do with my own Megillah, although it's relatively small - 11" tall and 48" wide - so YMMV if you have a large one.
It has ten columns (all the same width except for the last, wh …
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How could Haman see Gd's face and live?
The Gemara (Megillah 12b) sees the names of these seven courtiers as hinting at various aspects of the sacrificial service in the Beis Hamikdash. For example, כרשנא is explained as a portmanteau of כר …
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Why risk to rush to Achashverosh if the decree is due in 11 months?
Malbim (to 4:13-14) writes (translation taken from The Malbim Esther, by R. Jonathan Taub (Feldheim, 1998)):
Mordechai informed Esther of several
fundamental principles: ...
For any tragedy …
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Mordechai - Religious Leader or Political figure?
Here are a couple:
The very fact that the Megillah introduces him as איש, and takes the trouble to tell us his lineage and background, indicates that he was a person of importance. (It is true that א …
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Reading multiple versions of words in Megilla and Zachor
There are actually many such uncertainties throughout Tanach - some on vowels, others on the spelling of words.
As far as I know, the reason we're more particular about accommodating all opinions in …
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"The drinking was according to doctrine, no forcing." -- Forcing to drink, or forcing to sto...
Me'am Loez (citing Yosef Lekach) says something similar, though not so much about the quantity of wine as of cups: there were enough to go around that no one was made to hurry up and finish drinking s …
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Achashverosh — was he or wasn't he?
It's a pretty reasonable assumption (for ancient times, at least) that the king of a nation is a member of that nationality. (Thus, the kings of Judah and Israel were Jews - "you may not appoint over …
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Why not "Where is Achashverosh in the Torah"?
I see where Maharsha explains this Gemara in a way that apparently answers the question indirectly.
He says that each of the four personages mentioned in the Gemara there (it starts with Moshe) is kn …
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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\ …
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Can one "take over" the Megillah reading?
Nitei Gavriel (38:9) says that it's fine, provided that (as in your example) the second person heard the berachos and the reading up to that point.
Although in 45:2 he cites differing opinions about …
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