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text: Rashi on Esther
  רש"י על אסתר
  Sefaria Community Translation
  
  
  Rashi on Esther
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  it was the days of achashverosh... the king of persia after cyrus towards the end of the seventy years of the babylonian exile
  
  Verse 2
  
  Took 3 years to solidify his rule. Chazal have their Midrash.
  
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  Showing off how many cups he has
  Wine was older than them
  
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  She got leprosy and that's why she refused. She made the Jewish women work naked on shabbos.
  Vashti didn't just say no, she talked smack
  
  
  
  
  
  Verse 1
  
  He remembered Vashti: That is, her beauty. And he was sad. [Because of this.]
  
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  As a daughter - our sages explain this as a wife. (Megillah 13a).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Verse 1
  
  Garments of Royalty. Our Rabbi's have said that Ruach Hakodesh clothed her, as it says, "And the Spirit clothed Amasi
  
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  He strengthened to stand in his anger because he was afraid to take revenge without permission
  
  
  
  
  
  Verse 1
  
  The king's sleep was disturbed: It was a miracle (that he couldn't sleep that night). And some say (another interpretation): He had on his heart (i.e., he was troubled) that Esther had invited Haman. Maybe she had set her eyes in him and he would then kill him. 