“Couches of gold and silver” – Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi

Midrash Rabbah Esther Rabbah 2:8

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 6, 2025

“Couches of gold and silver” – Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Neḥemya: Rabbi Yehuda said: For one [for whom] silver was fitting, silver, and for one [for whom] gold was fitting, gold. Rabbi Neĥemya said to him: If so, you would be instigating jealousy at the feast of that wicked one. Rather, they were gold, and their clasps were silver. Shmuel said: The outer side facing was gold and the inner side was silver.

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Divine justice Esther Jealousy

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