Queen Esther was a courageous woman. Even though she was trapped by the arbitrary rules imposed by King Achashveirosh, she took her fate into her own hands and made her Jewish brethren believe that they could be saved.
Just as Esther’s distress was the distress of the entire Jewish people, so too, the cries of the agunot and women who are refused a divorce must echo in the ears of all sectors of society and the nation. This cry must not remain muted.
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