Thanks Doctor, Maybe the women are the maidens of queen Esther which play a role in the demise of Haman; Go, assemble all the Jews who live in Shushan, and fast in my behalf; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I AND MY MAIDENS WILL OBSERVE THE SAME FAST.Then I shall go to the king, (Esther4) If you look well at the depiction you’ll notice that besides the four obvious women yo have another two women behind Queen Esther . Including Esther there are seven maybe it alludes to the Midrash mentioned also in Talmud Megillah 14a . The Sages taught in a baraita: Forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied on behalf of the Jewish people, and they neither subtracted from nor added onto what is written in the Torah, introducing no changes or additions to the mitzvot except for the reading of the Megilla…. Who were the seven prophetesses? The Gemara answers: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther.
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Thanks again Dr. Abramson! Another fascinating look into our historical past! Shalom!
This is super cool!
Thank you for sharing this find & art work.
Excellent 👍 תודה רבה שלום
3rd century art + the enduring preservation, just magnificent. Mindblowing. gotta love it
Your pants joke cracked me up!! Thanks for that and for all your priceless content
Einfach faszinierend.
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Thanks Doctor,
Maybe the women are the maidens of queen Esther which play a role in the demise of Haman;
Go, assemble all the Jews who live in Shushan, and fast in my behalf; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I AND MY MAIDENS WILL OBSERVE THE SAME FAST.Then I shall go to the king,
(Esther4)
If you look well at the depiction you’ll notice that besides the four obvious women yo have another two women behind Queen Esther . Including Esther there are seven maybe it alludes to the Midrash mentioned also in Talmud Megillah 14a .
The Sages taught in a baraita: Forty-eight prophets and seven prophetesses prophesied on behalf of the Jewish people, and they neither subtracted from nor added onto what is written in the Torah, introducing no changes or additions to the mitzvot except for the reading of the Megilla….
Who were the seven prophetesses? The Gemara answers: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther.
Hmm. Interesting possibility!