[Avodah] did Achashverosh have multiple wives?

[mcohen at touchlogic.com]

From: "Arie Folger" <rav.arie at rabbifolger.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 5:21pm
> I see no reason to doubt the obvious custom; they didn't go home,
> and they could wait forever for being called once again at the king's
> whim. That is the obvious meaning of ki im chafatz bah hamelekh venikrrah
> besheim.

i think most understand 'ki im chafatz bah hamelekh venikrrah besheim'
to means called back by Achashverosh to become the queen

the gra understood they were forcibly kept there forever
(neither for the king nor to go home to any commoner)