The Words: The Talmud on the Megillah, Lesson 52
Our Sages make a point of carefully analyzing the specific language employed by the Scriptural narrative. When a King’s belligerent tough talk miraculously shifted into softly spoken sensitivity. Why the Queen’s presentation of a letter written in hate, lead to a sacred inscription. How “words of peace and truth” must be transcribed and told from a scroll to fulfill obligations! This Talmud class is on tractate Megillah page 16b.
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