And who causes affliction to the Shekhinah in exile? But the mystery of the matter: (Esth. 4:16)... and thus I shall come to the king, not according to the ‘law’ (ke-dat)... – because She enters without Her husband, of Whom it is stated: (Deut. 33:2)... from His right hand, a ‘fiery law’ (eish) dat for them – for they have neglected in Her the Torah, and this caused the destruction of the First and Second Temple. It is this that is written: (Esth. 4:16)... and if I perish, I perish.
And nevertheless, even though She enters ‘without Her husband’ – Who is DaT∞‘law’ – even so, She enters through the Patriarchs, who are the: (ibid.)... three days, night and day, in which she fasted. And they are witnesses, that a young maiden has entered the house of the King. It is this that is written: (Esth. 2:13) And thus would a maiden come to the king... A maiden (na)’arah, specifically, would come to the King, whom (Gen. 24:16) no man had known Her – except Her husband. And just like: (Esth. 2:14) In the evening she would arrive... – a virgin girl, specifically, here also: (ibid)... in the morning she would return, – a virgin girl, specifically.