Tafsiran Ester 5:2: Likutei Moharan & Tze'enah Ure'enah

but through the Torah, through which the ח and the נ are connected as mentioned above and חן/CheN/grace is made, and therefore the Torah is called ya`alat chen (Prov. 5), and then one merits that his words be words of grace, and then his words and requests are received, like one who speaks words of grace, that the words enter into the heart of the one who is being requested, i.e. the one that he is requesting from.

“As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won his favor” [5:2]. One asks a question here. Why did the verse have to say that she stood in the court? One knows this very well that she stood in the court. Furthermore, why did it say that she found favor in the king’s eyes? It is obvious that she had favor. In addition, why did it have to say that the scepter was in the hand of the king? The explanation is that even though Esther did not put on makeup and had fasted; yet she still found favor in the eyes of the king. That she stood in the court, the Holy One caused that she should have favor, since when she came closer one could see that Esther was pale and yellow from fasting. The Holy One made another miracle. The custom was that the king never had the scepter in his hand except when he was going somewhere. However, here the Holy One made a miracle and caused that the scepter was in the king’s hand, waiting that the king should extend it to Esther. He said to Esther: what do you desire, I will give you even half the kingdom. That is to say, I cannot let you build the Temple that stands in half of my kingdom.³⁹B. Megillah, 15b.