- In what way might this postscript (Esther 10:1-2) regarding Ahasuerus, balance the opening of the book (Esther 1:1-8)?
- Although the book is named for Esther, who emerges here as the hero?
- How does the author want us to remember Mordecai in Esther 10:3, the final words of the book?
- Why did the rabbis teach (Jerusalem TalmudReferring to one of two collections, the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, edited in the 6th century, that contains hundreds of years of commentary, discussion, and exploration of the ideas in the Mishnah. One could describe it as Mishnah + Gemara = Talmud Read more, Megillah 1.5) “Even if the books of the Hagiographa (Ketuvim, Writings) be abolished, the Scroll of Esther will be retained” and “Even if all the festivals be abolished, Purim will never be abolished”?
