Kol Dodi on Megillas Esther

description of book A halachic authority sheds light on the Megillah and brings logic and clarity to its sometimes obscure narrative. “Write my story for all generations,” Queen Esther said to the sages of her time. Why? Because the Book of Esther — the Megillah — is a source book for the future. It marked a new awareness that would cast beams of light into the darkness of Jewish exile and powerlessness, for the Megillah proved that the hand of the Creator is active even when it is invisible. Seas did not split and mountains did not quake when Esther and Mordechai confronted the first decree of genocide, but the strands of “coincidence” blended into such a powerful life rope that only the blind could fail to see the will of the Weaver at work. In this work, one of the premier halachic authorities of our generation teaches the Megillah. With the authoritative knowledge and innovative mind honed by a lifetime of scholarship, he sheds light on the Megillah and brings logic and clarity to its sometimes obscure narrative. Deceptively simple yet compellingly profound, Kol Dodi on Megillas Esther will stand out as a classic of the genre. Artscroll, hardcover, 153 pages