[Avodah] Mordechai and Esther

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Thu, 21 May 2009 15:56:10 +0100
Lisa Liel <lisa at starways.net> wrote:

...

> Esther is similar.  Chazal say that Esther is Ayelet HaShachar (Yoma  
> 29a), which means the Morning Star.  The Morning Star and Evening Star  

An interesting and suggestive point, although it is by no means obvious
that the Biblical (Psalms 22:1) "ayeles ha'shahar" means Morning Star,
and Hazal in Yoma give no indication that they understood it so.  Meiri
gives several interpretations of of the phrase, one of which is indeed
to the morning star ("estella matinal", as the foreign language
speakers call it:

http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/meiritehilim/meiritehilim05.pdf

...

> And yes, it's all conjecture and speculation, but how can it be  
> otherwise?  The issue is that it's speculation based on sound  
> linguistic grounds.

Very interesting, thanks.

Yitzhak
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