[Avodah] Vashti

[Moshe Yehuda Gluck]

R' Eli Turkel:
*I repeat my previous question - what forced Chazal to assume Vashti has
*sins and
*was evil. This is not pshat in the pesukim. Again, in accordance with the
*Malbim
*(and R.Boubil) it could have been just political intrigue.


The Chasimas HaTalmud wasn't all that long after the story of the Megillah.
The secular world has records from 500 years ago (think Colombus, Magna
Carta, Crusades, etc.). Probably Chazal had either written records or an
oral tradition as to what happened - that she was evil, that she grew a
tail, etc.

KT,
MYG