Friday, February 17, 2017

purim torah in jest - PTIJ: Why is Vashti referred to in the plural in Megillat Rut?



Towards the beginning of Megillat Rut (1:7), we discover that Vashti played a central role in Naomi's return to Eretz Yisrael:



ותצא מן המקום אשר היתה שמה ושתי כלתיה עמה ותלכנה בדרך לשוב אל ארץ יהודה


And she left from the place in which she was, Vashti her daughters-in-law with her, and they walked on the path to return to the land of Yehuda.



However, the verse remains unclear: why is Vashti referred to in the plural, as daughters-in-law?








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