OK mod 39 and moish, I did my job! 🙂
V’es sheva hanaros hariuyos (bais:tes)
along with the seven appropriate servants
The gemarah explains Esther had seven servants, and set up a system where each one would serve her on a certain day of the week so she would know when shabbos was.
why would Esther, a niviah, need to set up a system to know when shabbos was?
she kept her jewishness hidden, and she was afraid the maids would see her not working on shabbos, and realize that she was jewish, and keeping in mind “batala maviah lidei sh’imos” (laziness leads to indolence) she kept herself busy throughout the week. she set up a system so that the maids who served her during the week, didnt see her rest on shabbos, and the ones who saw her on shabbos, thought she didnt work the entire week. (Yaaros Devash)
taken from the artscroll megillah
moish, time for yours… 🙂