Despite royal ascendance, Queen Esther maintains her true loyalty to Mordechai (her husband) and Judaism (her faith). By investigating the verses fully, we become privy to her shocking double life of Yiddishkeit fidelity and (seeming) marital infidelity! A broad clarification in multiple fields of Torah discipline are introduced to clarify this Talmudic expose. When her subtle suggestion causes Mordechai’s promotion, the former Sanhedrin Chief Justice uncovers a palace assassination plot. Our sages demonstrate how the entire narrative is orchestrated by G-d! (Tractate Megillah 13b)
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