Commentary for Yoma 57:5
והא איכא חנוכה ניתנה לכתוב קא אמרינן הניחא למאן דאמר אסתר ניתנה לכתוב אלא למאן דאמר אסתר לא ניתנה לכתוב מאי איכא למימר
- just as the antlers of the hind branch off this way and that way, so the light of the dawn is scattered in all direction - R'Zera said: Why was Esther compared to a hind?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Meg. 15b, Queen Esther is reported to have sung this psalm as she came before Ahasuerus, hence the comparison.');"><sup>9</sup></span> To tell you that just as a hind has a narrow womb and is desirable to her mate at all times as at the first time, so was Esther precious to King Ahasuerus at all time as at the first time.
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