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Purim: Who Wrote Megillas Esther?

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

An in-depth look at the authorship of the Megillah and its relevance to Purim.

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>> But if I write it, >> that's a good thing you came this morning. >> So the Garra says in Baba, the garra is telling us about all the and all the who wrote it. The garra says the wrote the following three items, four items. Say for right Danielle. Ah right. We wanted to know who wrote say for Danielle. Not Daniel. Miguel. So Rashi's bothered by the following question. You're telldah wrote. Why couldn't you write? Yeah. What do they what do he need? He had to commission someone where he's like you know these guys they don't know how to write. So they you know they pay someone to buy to write their biography >> right why do they have to write why couldn't write it >> why couldn't write the >> sashi asks in babasra had not in Israel in g so I don't know why couldn't write it himself Unless you say the following, you can't transcribe outside of the wrote this down. In other words, maybe was not authorized to write down because that was a that transpired in Gul. You can't write it down in the Gul. You have to write it only once you get back to. So the when they returned to the holy land they wrote it down for Daniel couldn't write say for Daniel you know why because it took place where in Miguel Esther says Rashi that's why Miguela says also um Rashi seems to be less bothered by it could be tr was too small for each one to write down but any event says her they couldn't write it down where are they going to write it in Persia becomes adapted. >> No, you can't transcribe outside suggests. So it comes out according to this baba basra and according to this rash babasra who and when was

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  1. 0:31>> But if I write it, >> that's a good thing you came this morning. >>
  2. 3:41what it says black and white first of all in terms of when the migill was
  3. 6:50you can only write a migill with ink on especially two kinds of parchment but not
  4. 10:10word about theasa and the raham doesn't say One word that the hum have to be
  5. 13:57>> of the migill? >> What paras? >> So what does he mean by paras? >>
  6. 17:07what's the mean that Esther you're not to write? You can only read. How do you
  7. 20:21so comes the brisk and says we see very clearly from this that we just read
  8. 24:05>> Yeah. the one that is written just for the crew. Why is it coming? >>
  9. 27:18that time right we we read that the says when was written the next year. We
  10. 30:31Pes that's how you have to write it as says the brisk the of has to

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