Эстер 2:11 Комментарий: Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

“Walked in front of the court of the women” [2:11]. Mordecai walked in front of the house of the women every day to see that all was well with Esther. One asks a question here. Why should all not be well for Esther in the house of Hege? One asks another question. Why did Mordecai forbid Esther to divulge her people of origin? The explanation that Mordecai walked every day before the house of Hege is because he wanted to learn if anyone had informed on Esther that she had been in hiding. If the king would learn of this, he might become angry. That is why Mordecai forbade her to say from which people she came, so that the king should have no anger against Israel because she hid herself and that he should not say that the Jews taught her this. She was descended from King Saul and therefore she considered herself to be important.²⁷Numbers Rabbah, 14.8.

And what would be done with her. He [Mordechai] was one of two righteous men to whom a hint of salvation was given; Dovid and Mordechai. Dovid as it is stated, “Even the lion and the bear has your servant slain.”¹²I Shmuel 17:36. He [Dovid] said [to himself], “this incident did not happen to me only that I should rely on it and do battle with this one [Golyas].” And similarly, Mordechai [said to himself], “It did not happen to this righteous woman that she should be taken to a gentile’s bed only that she is destined to rise to save Yisroel.” He therefore repeatedly went around to find out what would be her fate.¹³Esther Rabbah 6:6. Accordingly ומה יעשה בה means “and what would be accomplished through her.”