Volume 37: Number 44
Fri, 31 May 2019
Subjects Discussed In This Issue:
Message: 1
From: Simon Montagu
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:19:03 +0300
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Megilat Esther
On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:37 AM Zev Sero via Avodah <
avo...@lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> On 28/5/19 5:36 pm, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> > Any thoughts on why the Talmud places the request for Megilat Esther to
> > be part of Tanach in the mouth of Esther rather than that of Mordechai
> > or Chazal?
>
> Does "Esther" here refer to the queen, or to the sefer, metaphorically
> applying to the Chachamim for canonization?
>
If the sefer, then the question becomes -- why is the sefer called Megillat
Esther rather than Megillat Mordechai?
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