Megillat Esther - With English Translation & Commentaries - Deluxe Edition

Megillat Esther with commentary from the Talmud, Midrash, Classic Rabbinic commentators, and the Chabad Rebbes. The Book of Esther with a new commentary anthologized from Talmud, Midrash, classic Rabbinic commentators, and the Chabad Rebbes, deluxe edition. The text of the Megillah was translated and interpolated by veteran Kehot author Rabbi Yosef Marcus, with additional material by Rabbi Eli Block, including the fascinating look at the Purim story in the light of Chassidism. For purposes of public reading of the Megillah, a handy "Megillah Reading for Purim," includes the blessings that are recited before and after the reading, as well as the entire text of the Megillah. Copiously annotated and with a sweeping bibliography of sources cited and comprehensive indices.