וַתַּ֥עַן אֶסְתֵּ֖ר וַתֹּאמַ֑ר שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃
Then answered Esther, and said: ‘My petition and my request is—
Read midrashic interpretation of Esther 5:7: and classical rabbinic exegesis.
וַתַּ֥עַן אֶסְתֵּ֖ר וַתֹּאמַ֑ר שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃
Then answered Esther, and said: ‘My petition and my request is—
Read midrashic interpretation of Esther 5:7: and classical rabbinic exegesis.