“On each day, Mordekhai would walk before the courtyard of the harem, to find out how Esther was, and what would be done with her” (Esther 2:11). “On each day, Mordekhai would walk before the courtyard of the harem” – [to give her the opportunity] to ask about her blood stains and her menstrual status.15According to the midrash, Mordekhai was the head of the Sanhedrin and Esther would ask him halakhic questions about her status as a menstruant.
“To find out how Esther was” – that they should not cast any spells of sorcery upon her. Rabbi Yaakov bar Aḥa said: The Holy One blessed be He said to him: You sought to ascertain the wellbeing of one person – “to find out how Esther was”; by your life, ultimately you will seek to ascertain the wellbeing of an entire nation. That is what is written: “Seeking good for his people and speaking of peace for all his descendants” (Esther 10:3).