How do we know that Esther was a major tzadeikes? The gemara (Yoma 75a) writes that the more righteous someone was, the closer to them the manna would fall. The reshaim would have to walk a great distance, the beinonim would walk a short distance, and the tzaddikim would have the mann fall at their doorstep. The pasuk in the Megillah (7:8) states: “??????????? ???? ????????? ????????? ??? ????? ????????? ???????? ??????? ????? ??? ????????? ?????? ???????? ???????” – “And the King returned from the palace garden to the hall of the wine feast, and the manna was falling on the couch that Esther was upon…” The manna didn’t just fall on her doorstep, it fell right on her couch!
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