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| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">Seder Olam Rabbah</a><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">29</a><a href="Seder Olam Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Seder Olam Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">Bavli Megillah</a><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">15a</a><a href="BavliMegillah15b" data-aht="source">15b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">74a-b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">2:8</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-11" data-aht="source">4:11</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-16" data-aht="source">4:16</a><a href="Second Targum of Megillat Esther" data-aht="parshan">About Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Esther 2:8</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-16" data-aht="source">Esther 2:16</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Esther Second Version 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">Eshkol HaKopher 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href=" | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">Seder Olam Rabbah</a><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">29</a><a href="Seder Olam Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Seder Olam Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">Bavli Megillah</a><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">15a</a><a href="BavliMegillah15b" data-aht="source">15b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">74a-b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">2:8</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-11" data-aht="source">4:11</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-16" data-aht="source">4:16</a><a href="Second Targum of Megillat Esther" data-aht="parshan">About Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Esther 2:8</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-16" data-aht="source">Esther 2:16</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Esther Second Version 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">Eshkol HaKopher 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchakEsther2-10" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchakEsther2-10" data-aht="source">Esther 2:10</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchakEsther2-15" data-aht="source">Esther 2:15</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RMeirAramaEstherPart1" data-aht="source">R. Meir Arama</a><a href="RMeirAramaEstherPart1" data-aht="source">Esther Part 1</a><a href="R. Meir Arama" data-aht="parshan">About R. Meir Arama</a></multilink>, Yosef Lekach</mekorot> |
<point><b>Esther's Religious Identity</b></point> | <point><b>Esther's Religious Identity</b></point> | ||
<point><b>"וַתִּלָּקַח"</b> – Ibn Ezra claims that the word "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies being taken by force.<fn>Cf. <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Bereshit 12:15</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>.</fn></point> | <point><b>"וַתִּלָּקַח"</b> – Ibn Ezra claims that the word "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies being taken by force.<fn>Cf. <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Bereshit 12:15</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>.</fn></point> | ||
| − | <point><b>אשת איש</b></point> | + | <point><b>אשת איש</b><ul> |
| − | <point><b>לא בקשה דבר</b></point> | + | <li>Most of these commentators understand Esther to have been an unmarried woman.</li> |
| + | <li>However,</li> | ||
| + | </ul></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>לא בקשה דבר</b> – R. Meir Arama says this is proof that she was forced, because everyone else would pretty up voluntarily to be more appealing, but Esther did not.</point> | ||
<point><b>"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"</b> – According to this opinion, Esther did not say who she was for one of two reasons:<br/> | <point><b>"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"</b> – According to this opinion, Esther did not say who she was for one of two reasons:<br/> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
Version as of 02:04, 25 February 2015
Esther and Achashverosh
Exegetical Approaches
Esther didn't care
Sources:Perhaps Radak
Esther's Religious Identity
"וַתִּלָּקַח" – Radak claims that "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies going willingly, and not being taken by force.
אשת איש
לא בקשה דבר
"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"
Halakhic Considerations
Definition of אונס
One time / Multiple Times
The Ends Justify the Means
Esther's Religious Identity
"וַתִּלָּקַח" – Radak claims that "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies going willingly, and not being taken by force.
אשת איש
לא בקשה דבר
"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"
Halakhic Considerations
Definition of אונס
One time / Multiple Times
Esther was forced
Sources:Seder Olam Rabbah, Bavli Megillah, Bavli Sanhedrin, Second Targum of Megillat Esther, R. Saadia Gaon, Ibn Ezra, R. Avraham Saba, Akeidat Yitzchak, R. Meir Arama, Yosef Lekach
Esther's Religious Identity
"וַתִּלָּקַח" – Ibn Ezra claims that the word "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies being taken by force.1
אשת איש
- Most of these commentators understand Esther to have been an unmarried woman.
- However,
לא בקשה דבר – R. Meir Arama says this is proof that she was forced, because everyone else would pretty up voluntarily to be more appealing, but Esther did not.
"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ" – According to this opinion, Esther did not say who she was for one of two reasons:
- So that she will not be chosen as queen.
- So it will be easier for her to keep mitzvot.
Halakhic Considerations
Definition of אונס
One time / Multiple Times
Historical Background
