<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I can't remember a source, probably a medrash that says that Esther would send a dybbuk or some such creature instead of her.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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? If Chazal say so there must be some tradition or source for it, but it seems hard for me to grasp.</DIV></div><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com </body></html>