Esther's Relations with Achashverosh/1
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Esther's Relations with Achashverosh
Introduction
Prohibition of Intermarriage
In Devarim 7:3 we are told:
EN/HEע/E
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?
