[Avodah] besulos

[Zev Sero]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:

> So: I think might be possible that if Mordechai and Esther kept
> their marriage secret

Why on earth would they have done so?  They had no way of knowing
that such secrecy might end up useful.  And if they had known, they
would certainly have publicised their relationship in order to avoid
her being taken.  No, it must have been generally known that they
were married, but by the time she was taken that didn't matter, the
chappers were taking any woman who appeared extraordinarily beautiful
to them, whether she was married or not.


> and appeared to others merely as uncle and niece

<head-desk> COUSINS!  They were first cousins, as the pasuk plainly
says.   WHY is this idea that they were uncle and niece so prevalent?

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