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| − | <p>From this verse, many<fn>See, for example, Rambam Lo | + | <p>From this verse, many<fn>See, for example, Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot Mitzvat Lo Ta'aseh 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> | <p>If so, how could Esther have married Achashverosh?</p> | ||
Version as of 02:40, 2 March 2015
Esther's Relations with Achashverosh
Introduction
Prohibition of Intermarriage
In Devarim 7:3 we are told:
EN/HEע/E
וְלֹא תִתְחַתֵּן בָּם בִּתְּךָ לֹא תִתֵּן לִבְנוֹ וּבִתּוֹ לֹא תִקַּח לִבְנֶךָ.
And you shall not marry into them, your daughter you shall not give to his son, and his daughter you shall not take for your son.
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?
