[Avodah] Mikveh l'zona

[Daniel Eidensohn]

T613K at aol.com wrote:
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Vayikra Rabbah (13:5) says that he was the son of Esther and Achashveros.

 R. Judah b. R. Simon said: The last Darius was the son of Esther, clean 
from his mother [‘s side] and unclean from his father [‘s side].
Rashi(Ezra 1:1), Rashi(Ezra 4:24), Ibn Ezra (Daniel 9:1), Radak(Chaggai 
1:1), Ramban(Megila 11b)  agree.



Tosfos HaRosh (Megila 13b) says that Darius was the son of Esther and 
Mordechai and that he is referred to as the son of Achashveros because 
he was raised in his house.

It would also seem that since the Zohar states that there was no 
physical relationship between Esther and Achashveros he was the son of 
Esther and Mordechai.

Of course all this assumes that in fact Mordechai and Esther were married


Daniel Eidensohn