Pet peeve… Esther was NOT Mordechai’s niece

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mushkamothers

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 5:46 pm

amother Dodgerblue wrote:

I thought only besulos were gathered? If she was married she wouldn’t have been taken.

That was round 1
Then he went for married women
Systematically defiled every female

amother

Oldlace

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 8:29 pm

There are different opinions on it. It’s not so clear cut what her relationship to him was.

SuperWify

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 12:47 am

patzer wrote:

"Uncle Mordechai" is from Purim USA.
If you've never listened to it, you should!

Yes this.

amother

White

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 12:56 am

Either way OP, how does this affect your life?

amother

Lightgreen

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 12:59 am

amother White wrote:

Either way OP, how does this affect your life?

Why is there always that one poster?

amother

DarkGreen

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 2:48 am

amother White wrote:

Either way OP, how does this affect your life?

Did you really come on this thread just to ask this question??

Goldie613

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 3:11 am

amother Hyssop wrote:

Creepy for our current society but it wasn’t always wrong for uncles to marry nieces, and halachically there’s no issue

Also most countries in todays day and age don’t prohibit it, and even some states in the US don’t either (in RI, your allowed to if your Jewish actually)

Interesting! Not looking to derail the thread or anything, but I'm curious - does it really say in state law that Jews can marry in a way that the rest of the state can't?

amother

Ghostwhite

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 4:03 am

I discussed this with my husband yesterday afternoon paying attention when listening to Megillah. He said the Gemara says that they were married. Esther was Mordechais wife even though it doesn’t say that in the Megillah.

amother

Wheat

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 4:44 am

Reb Moshe Meir Weiss says that the Megillah became an official document by the Persians at the time and therefore had to be somewhat politically correct and not embarrassing to the Persian king. So they couldn’t write Esther was Mordechai’s wife so they wrote as someone above stated that he took her for a bas but it really meant libayis for a wife.

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Mar 24 2024, 7:44 pm

seeker wrote:

I think we had a thread on this last year.
Technically he could have been an uncle from one side and cousin from the other side.

There's no reason to look for this "technicality" when there's no source to say that he was the uncle. It's just a mistake. Why do we need to find a way to make the mistake be true?

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