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1. Master
   Member

   If you were given the order to execute Vashti, how would you go about fulfilling your duty?

   BTW, does the Gemorah tell us how Vashti was executed?

   Posted 11 months ago #

2. Moderator-80
   Member

   according to the law of the kingdom
   i dont believe executioners had much in the way of options.

   i believe it says somewhere that she was beheaded

   Posted 11 months ago #

3. Master
   Member

   Do you know where the method is brought down?

   My question pertains if you were given a choice.

   Posted 11 months ago #

4. Moderator-80
   Member

   no im not even sure if that is the case, i just seem to recall it as such. i believe that was pretty standard practice for disobedient queens.

   Posted 11 months ago #

5. MDG
   Member

   Considering how she treated B'not Yisrael, I would have a rather harsh punishment for her. Something like the Pilegsh B'givah. I'm sure there were enough pagans that would have volunteered to help.

   Posted 11 months ago #

6. Shrek
   I live in a swamp! I put up signs! I'm a terrifying ogre! What do I have to do to get a little privacy?

   if you read pshat, it does not say that anywhere that Vahsti was killed. That always struck me as interesting. If she was exectuted, why not say it straight out?

   Posted 11 months ago #

7. Pac-Man
   Joseph

   The Gemora says she was executed. (As far as the method being beheaded, that might also be in the Gemora, otherwise the Meforshim.)

   She was pretty young when she was put to death. Her father was the King before he was overthrown by Achashveros' father.

   Posted 11 months ago #

8. Pac-Man
   Joseph

   Gemara Megillah 11b
   Midrashim - Ester Rabbah 1:1, Ester Rabbah 5:2, etc.
   Rashi - Esther 1:19

   Posted 11 months ago #

9. shlishi
   The CR Bronze Medal Winner!

   I would have her hanged, drawn and quartered.

   Posted 11 months ago #

10. Sender Av
    I didn't lose my mind, I sold it on ebay ;)

    she came back as a horse. Mrs. Ed I believe(Of course, of course)

    Posted 11 months ago #

11. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    I wouldn't do it. I don't think I could kill someone.

    Posted 11 months ago #

12. coffee addict
    Once killed a Troll with his bare hands

    I wouldn't do it. I don't think I could kill someone.

    what about Hitler (Ym's)

    Posted 11 months ago #

13. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a woman; not Mod 80. Sometimes a bit over the top.

    I wouldn't do it. I don't think I could kill someone.

    what about Hitler (Ym's)

    He was able to. I'm not.

    Posted 11 months ago #

14. Pac-Man
    Joseph

    popa: What about in self-defense? What about defending the life of an innocent third-party from an attempted killer chasing him?

    Posted 11 months ago #

15. Y.W. Editor
    Key Master

    This thread is closed.

    Posted 11 months ago #

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