[Avodah] Megilat Esther

[Simon Montagu]

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:37 AM Zev Sero via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> On 28/5/19 5:36 pm, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> > Any thoughts on why the Talmud places the request for Megilat Esther to
> > be part of Tanach in the mouth of Esther rather than that of Mordechai
> > or Chazal?
>
> Does "Esther" here refer to the queen, or to the sefer, metaphorically
> applying to the Chachamim for canonization?
>

If the sefer, then the question becomes -- why is the sefer called Megillat
Esther rather than Megillat Mordechai?
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