Skin Color Phenomena in the Torah

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May 13 2009
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Purim 
Parsha:
Noach 

Publication: Derech Hateva Volume 13

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Derech HaTeva is a publication of the undergraduate students of Stern College for Women.
Editors in Chief: Shira Apfel, Esther Frederick, Rebecca Katz.

According to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korchah, the significance of Queen Esther’s second name, Hadassah, was evident in the greenish yellow tinge of her skin, like that of a myrtle.

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