Commentary for Megillah 20:22

תחת הסרפד תחת ושתי הרשעה בת בנו של נבוכדנצר הרשע ששרף רפידת בית ה' דכתיב (שיר השירים ג, י) רפידתו זהב

'Instead of the brier': instead of the wicked Vashti, daughter of the son of the wicked Nebuchadnezzar, who burned the pillar of the House of Hashem. As it is written (Song of Songs 3:10): "His pillar was gold." 'A myrtle (hadas) shall come up', this Esther the righteous, who was called Hadassah, as is said (Esther 2:7): "And he brought up Hadassah."

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