Эстер 2:9 Комментарий: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וַתִּיטַ֨ב הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה בְעֵינָיו֮ וַתִּשָּׂ֣א חֶ֣סֶד לְפָנָיו֒ וַ֠יְבַהֵל אֶת־תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ וְאֶת־מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ לָתֵ֣ת לָ֔הּ וְאֵת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע הַנְּעָר֔וֹת הָרְאֻי֥וֹת לָֽתֶת־לָ֖הּ מִבֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ וְאֶת־נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ לְט֖וֹב בֵּ֥ית הַנָּשִֽׁים׃

И девушка понравилась ему, и она получила его доброту; и он быстро дал ей ее мази, с ее частями и семью девами, которые были встречены, чтобы дать ей из короля'дом; и он продвинул ее и ее девиц в лучшее место в доме женщин.

Tze'enah Ure'enah

“The girl pleased him” [2:9]. The maid Esther pleased Hege. He said that she would certainly become a queen. Therefore, Hege immediately gave Esther clothes and gave her seven maidens as servants. These were all Jewish maidens. One was named Sunday, the next one Monday, through the whole week. The seventh one was called Sabbath. As was the name of the maiden was, so she served on that day. As a result, she would know when the Sabbath was, since she was among gentiles in the royal house.26B. Megillah, 13a.

Rashi

He eagerly delivered her cosmetics. He was more expedient and quicker with bringing her [cosmetics] than with all the others.9To avoid eating non-kosher food Esther had Hagai provide her with natural uncooked food. See Maseches Megillah 13a.

Rashi

Assigned to her. To serve her, and so they would do for all of them; and our Rabbis expounded what they expounded.10Ibid. By having seven maidservants Esther was able to know when it was Shabbos. She called each one on a different day of the week and when the one that was assigned for Shabbos would come, she knew it was Shabbos. Another reason for having seven maidservants, one for each day of the week, so that the maidservants for weekdays would not observe her resting on Shabbos and detect that she was Jewish. According to Targum, each maidservant’s name corresponded to a specific day’s part of creation.

Rashi

He favored her. I.e., he changed her וַיְשַׁנֶּהָ=שִׁנָּה אוֹתָהּ.