Rashi, on Esth 4:2

“And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king’s court.”

“for one may not enter It is improper to enter the king’s gate dressed in sackcloth.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.