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with zucchinis, indicating that often a man and his wife engage in similar actions.
The verse states: “On the 7th day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine” (Esther 1:10). The Talmud asks: Is that to say that until now his heart was not merry with wine? Did it take 7 days for him to achieve merriment? Rava said: The 7th day was Shabbat, when the difference between the J
The Talmud continues to detail what occurred at the feast. So too, at the feast of that wicked man, Ahasuerus, when the men began to converse, some said: The Median women are the most beautiful, while others said: The Persian women are the most beautiful. Ahasuerus said to them: The vessel that I u
The Talmud comments: Vashti was punished in this humiliating way for it is with the measure that a man measures to others that he himself is measured. In other words, God punishes individuals in line with their transgressions, measure for measure. This teaches that the wicked Vashti would take the
The verse states: “But the queen Vashti refused to come” (Esther 1:12). The Talmud asks: Since she was immodest, as the Master said above: The two of them had sinful intentions, what is the reason that she did not come? R' Yosei bar Ḥanina said: This teaches that she broke out in tzara'at, and ther