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Palace Double Agents : The Talmud on the Megillah, Lesson 24

Despite royal ascendance, Queen Esther maintains her true loyalty to Mordechai (her husband) and Judaism (her faith). By investigating the verses fully, we become privy to her shocking double life of Yiddishkeit fidelity and (seeming) marital infidelity! A broad clarification in multiple fields of Torah discipline are introduced to clarify this Talmudic expose. When her subtle suggestion causes Mordechai’s promotion, the former Sanhedrin Chief Justice uncovers a palace assassination plot. Our sages demonstrate how the entire narrative is orchestrated by G-d! (Tractate Megillah 13b)

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Topics:	Talmud, Scroll of Esther, Tractate Megillah

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.