Questions tagged [megillat-esther]
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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How to find provenance of Megillah klaf
I was cleaning out my Zayde's z"l house in Baltimore and found an old Megillat Ester klaf hidden in a drawer.
We are wondering if anyone knows if there are ways to date the scroll and tell its ...
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Connection between 5 books of the Torah and the 5 Megillot?
The megillot are read on different occasions in the year:
Shir HaShirim on Pesach
Rut on Shavuot
Eicha on Tisha b'Av
Kohelet on Sukkot
Esther on Purim
Do any mefarshim find a connection between the ...
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What clothing did Esther send Mordechai
In Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther) 4:4 it says Esther offered Mordechai clothing. My question is, what clothing did she send?
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What is known about Avichayil?
Esther's father is mentioned twice in the Megilla (2:15 and 9:29). He is spoken of as "Avichayil." This Avichayil would have to be brothers with Ya'ir, Mordechai's father, if we see ...
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Why did Ester fast right away? [duplicate]
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After hearing about the decree, Ester became very worried and she wanted to tell the king right away about nullifying it, but she wasn't allowed to see him without permission, so she asked ...
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What does Rashi mean with "our Rabbis expounded what they expounded"?
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In Ester 1:7 when it mentions how the feast had different"vessels", Rashi gives his explanation, then finishes off "our Rabbis expounded what they expounded", a very ...
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Why in the megila when we mention Shushan early on its always with a pasach, shuSHAN but at the end it switches to a kumets, shushon [duplicate]
See in the 8th perek it's always a kumets (shuson) but in perek 1 it's always shushan. Any significance in that?
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Megillas Esther Online text Shiur ideally with Rashi's commentary
Looking for a Megillas Esther text shiur with Rashi's commentary similar to Rabbi Gordon from Chabad.org for Chumash.
He goes through each Pasuk and then explains Rashi's commentary inside but for ...
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Does anyone distinguish between hearing megillah over analog vs digital technology
As discussed previously, there were minority opinions about fulfilling the mitzvah of megillah by hearing it over a microphone, telephone, radio, or online.
Have any poskim drawn the line between ...
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The connection between King Ahashverosh and the king of the world [closed]
According to the Midrash, the king mentioned in the Megilat Esther is G-d.
So how is it that the king was looking for a wife? How did he kill his first wife? How did he raise the wicked Haman to ...
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Why did Mordecai behave towards Haman in this way?
Haman was enraged at Mordechai's behavior, according to Megilat Esther he investigated his people and directed his hatred and revenge towards Mordecai to all of Mordecai's people, that is, to the Jews....
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Why did Mordecai save Achashverosh? [duplicate]
It is known that Achashverosh was an evil king and encouraged Haman to kill the Jews in exchange for making money. Moreover,he made a feast for the Jews with the temple vessels. If so, why did ...
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Reading along in a kosher megillah - impediment to others?
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 141:15 says you should not read along in the Megillah if you don't have a kosher scroll, because even if you can simultaneously concentrate on the public reading, people nearby ...
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How does the general Jewish pronunciation of the name Ahasuerus — Achashverosh — compare to its original pronunciation in Ancient Persia? [closed]
Assuming Ahasuerus is in fact Xerxes I (as Wikipedia seems to suggest), does anyone know how the general Jewish pronunciation of Ahasuerus — Achashverosh — compares to the Ancient Persian ...
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Why does the Megillah say "It happened in the days of Ahasuerus" — and not,"... in the days of Mordechai and Esther?"
The Megillah (Esther 1:1) begins: ויהי בימי אחשורוש... - It happened in the days of Ahasuerus...
Why doesn't it say instead, it happened in the days of Mordechai and Esther, or after the Destruction ...
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