"And When the Turn Came for Esther, Daughter of Avichayil, Uncle of Mordechai" - The Holy and Righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Our teacher, the holy and righteous Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a, in an emotional reading with the public, with the special melody of the Megillah and the enchanting voice of the tzaddik. "And when the turn came for Esther, daughter of Avichayil, uncle of Mordechai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai, the king's eunuch, guardian of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her" (Esther 2:15).

"Here we learn that every time Esther's turn came, she would throw herself to the ground, thus expelling the demons from within her and sending them to Ahasuerus. The Tosafot say that the entire decree, "And he sent letters to all the king's provinces, to each province in its script and to each people in its language, that every man should rule in his own house and speak according to the language of his people" (ibid. 1:22), when they saw this, they said it was a foolish king, that every man should rule in his own house..."