[Avodah] Ratzuy l'Rov

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From: Micha Berger _micha at aishdas.org_ (mailto:micha at aishdas.org) 

>>  Moreover, there is no mention of Eretz Yisrael or the Beit  Hamikdash
in Megillat Ester, even though the events of Megillat  Ester occurred
in 482 B.C.E., 478 B.C.E., and 473 B.C.E., long  after Cyrus permitted
Jews to return to Eretz Yisrael (539  B.C.E.) and the Beit Hamikdash
was completed (515 B.C.E.).  (This follows the approach of the Daat
Mikra in understanding  the Peshuto Shel Mikra of Ezra-Nechemiah,
especially the order  of Persian emperors that appear in the beginning
of Ezra  chapter four.) <<





>>>>>>>
How does this square with the notion that Cyrus was Esther's son (or  
grandson)? I guess not everyone agrees that he was.
 
However the entire "gefeel" of the Megillah is that the Jews were in galus, 
 that it was churban time.  The fear that they might be wiped out  
altogether would surely have been mitigated if some of them were already  living in 
Eretz Yisrael with the BHM'K rebuilt.  It just doesn't sound  right.
 
 

--Toby  Katz
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