Hillary Clinton = Zeresh!

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As we approach Purim, where King Achashvairosh saw a need to decree that men rule in the household, and this made him out to be a fool in everyone's eyes, because who in the world would have thought otherwise, right ... until today...

So keeping that theme in mind - Hillary Clinton - הילארי קלינטאן - with the inclusive, has the numerical value as Zeresh - זרש - the wife of Haman.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Polygamy

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In the last 20 pages of Outpouring of the Soul - which is a synopsis of Likutay Halachos on Rosh Chodesh, Rabbi Nussun explains different verses of the Prophets which predict how several women will accost one man asking him to marry them. Rabbi Nussun sees this as power to the women; that the women are proposing to the man, and that multiple women can mate with one man. Very interesting take on the issue, which I'll leave you to contemplate...

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

King over the beautiful woman and her land

ב"ה

מעשה יב מבעל תפלה

על הבת מלכה: 'וקבלו אותה למלך עליהם וכו' והנה נמצא שבא בעלה של המלכה וכו' ועתה יש להמדינה מלך ע"ש. ואינה מוכרחת לגמרי, אבל מבואר הדבר שאף על פי שהעיקר היתה היפת תואר שמביאה אותם להתכלית, עם כל זה בראש המדינה יעמוד המלך.

נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן

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In the Story of Ancient Times of a Prayer Leader, the Queen's Daughter is taken as "King" over the country that was of the opinion that the main goal of world was procreation, and thus chose the most beautiful woman to be their head. However it seems from Rabbainu that even still the real head of the country would be the King, and at first they took her as "King," but upon the arrival of her husband, the warrior, he became King, and she remained as queen. Even though the entire basis of the kingship was her beauty, her husband took the dominating role of King.

hard luck for all the feminists out there, however beautiful you are....

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Who marries whom

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In Rabbi Nachman's Story of Ancient Times, of a Prayer Leader he recounts:

Once, there was a king and a queen, and they had an only daughter. And it came near the time to marry her off, so they seated advisors to give counsel as to whom she ought to be married. And I too was there among the advisors (i.e. the Prayer Leader, who is still relating this in front of them) because the king liked me, and my advice was that they should give her the geebor, because the geebor had wrought us many benefits, for he had conquered many countries; therefore he ought to be given the queen's daughter for a wife. My advice was very well received, and they all agreed upon it, and there was a big celebration there for having found a groom for the queen's daughter. And they wed the queen's daughter with the geebor, and the queen's daughter had a child.

Notice how originally the princess is to given to the groom, but when the Prayer Leader gives his suggestion he says the reverse, that the geebor should be given the princess (perhaps this was just in defference to the majesty?), and finally Rabbainu says that they were wed together in a neutral fashion.

fascinating.

Another fascinating particular is how Rabbainu refers to the princess as the queen's daughter (over the king).

May HY grant us the knowledge and understanding of these holy awesome stories!

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

Rashi deals a heavy blow to women's lib!!!

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In this weeks Parsha -- Divorim, Rashi -- who's daughters are renown for their maintaining their right to don Tefilin --- deals a heavy blow to the whole charade of women's lib:

דברים א:יג

הבו לכם אנשים חכמים ונבנים וידעים לשבטיכם ואשימם בראשיכם

פרש רש"י ז"ל אנשים -- וכי תעלה על דעתך נשים?! מה תלמוד לומר אנשים, צדיקים עכ"ל.

Rashi says it would be unfathomable to suggest that Moshe Rabbainu would recruit women to be leaders of Israel!

This I write objectively -- I merely point this out -- please feel free to figure out some way out ...

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!