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| + | <h1>Esther's Relations with Achashverosh</h1> | ||
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| + | <h2 name="">Prohibition of Intermarriage</h2> | ||
| + | <p>In Devarim 7:3 we are told:</p> | ||
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| + | <p>From this verse, many<fn>See, for example, Rambam Lo Taaseh 52.</fn> learn the prohibition of intermarriage. Even according to the opinion that this verse applies only to the seven nations of Canaan, intermarriage with non-Canaanite non-Jews is prohibited at least rabbinically.<fn>See Bavli Avodah Zarah 36b.</fn></p> | ||
| + | <p>If so, how could Esther have married Achashverosh?</p> | ||
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| + | <h2 name="">Related Issues</h2> | ||
| + | <p>A number of issues affect the question of Esther's relationship with Achashverosh:</p> | ||
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| + | <li><a href="Esther's Religious Identity" data-aht="page">Esther's Religious Identity</a> and <a href="Mordechai's Religious Identity" data-aht="page">Mordechai's Religious Identity</a></li> | ||
| + | <li><a href="Why Conceal Esther's Nationality" data-aht="page">Why Conceal Esther's Nationality?</a></li> | ||
| + | <li>Were the maidens, and Esther in particular, taken voluntarily or by force?</li> | ||
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Version as of 01:28, 2 March 2015
Esther's Relations with Achashverosh
Introduction
Prohibition of Intermarriage
In Devarim 7:3 we are told:
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From this verse, many1 learn the prohibition of intermarriage. Even according to the opinion that this verse applies only to the seven nations of Canaan, intermarriage with non-Canaanite non-Jews is prohibited at least rabbinically.2
If so, how could Esther have married Achashverosh?
Related Issues
A number of issues affect the question of Esther's relationship with Achashverosh:
- Esther's Religious Identity and Mordechai's Religious Identity
- Why Conceal Esther's Nationality?
- Were the maidens, and Esther in particular, taken voluntarily or by force?
