{"id":30718,"date":"2008-03-19T19:18:16","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/purim\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_iii\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:29:07","slug":"the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_iii\/","title":{"rendered":"The OU&#8217;s Nach Yomi: Megilat Esther (Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Achashverosh&#8217;s insecurity as ruler manifests\u00a0itself in the way he reacts when, at the culmination of his long party, Vashti refuses to make an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The OU&#8217;s Nach Yomi presents Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom on Esther. Covering Megilat Esther, the remainder of Chapter 1 (vv. 13-22).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_i\/\">For part 1 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_ii\/\">For part 2 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_iv\/\">For part 4 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_v\/\">For part 5 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_vi\/\">For part 6\u00a0click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_vii\/\">For part 7\u00a0click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_viii\/\">For part 8\u00a0click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_ix\/\">For part 9\u00a0click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_x\/\">For part 10\u00a0click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_xi\/\">For part 11 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_xii\/\">For part 12 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_xiii\/\">For part 13 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_xiv\/\">For part 14 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_xv\/\">For part 15 click here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achashverosh&#8217;s insecurity as ruler manifests\u00a0itself in the way he reacts when, at the culmination of his long party, Vashti refuses to make an appearance. 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