[Avodah] esther

[Meir Shinnar]

> RZS
> BTW, that she was his wife is definitely to be taken literally;
> the gemara and *all* the rishonim and acharonim take it literally
> and seriously, and learn halachot from it.  I think treating it
> as some metaphoric medrash would come very close to the edge of
> the acceptable range of hashkafa.

As a follow up to my previous response, see the kesef mishne on  
hilchot yesode hatorah 5;1 - where he is clear that the rambam's  
understanding of the gmara - and apparently also the kesef mishne  
himself - is that since rava holds hana'at atmzan shane - and hana'at  
atzman doesn't apply to giluy arayot - rava does not (repeat not)   
have the drasha of al tikri levat - that esther was married - and  
this seems also to be rashi's pshat.

Therefore, the kesef mishne holds that  rambam, and rashi all seem to  
think that the gmara (and the psak halacha is derived from that  
gmara) is that esther was not married to mordechai - and on avoda we  
are told that this is close to the edge of the acceptable range of  
hashkafa??? perhaps those accusing rava, rashi, rambam and kesef  
mishne are close to a different edge...

Meir Shinar
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