Esther's Age
Amber in Kamloops, BC wrote:
Dear Rabbi,How old might Esther have been when she married Xerxes (Achashverosh)? Thanks!
Dear Amber,
There are three opinions: According to Rav she was forty years old, according to Shmuel eighty years old and according to the Sages she was seventy five years old.
- Sources:
- Bereishet Rabba 39:13
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