[Avodah] Esther and Achashveirosh

[Simon Montagu]

On Nov 6, 2007 10:15 PM, Sarah Green <sarahyarok at yahoo.com> wrote:

> However, there was one part I never understood - on 'ka'asher avadti
> ovodti".    Possibly because we tend to have pictures in our minds of what
> we learned as children, and we find it hard to switch to another view.
>
> However, in my adult mind it still seems to me that if you go to request an
> audience to speak to a king, he is sitting in a public throne room or
> reception room surrounded by courtiers and advisors.
>
> So why on earth, when Esther went to invite him the party, would we need to
> assume that anything private or personal would take place?

That isn't necessarily true today - see the Starr report - and I doubt
if it was true in Ahashverosh's court.