help from above

Esther must have been a very talented sexual partner in order to pull such a ruse - to pretend to enjoy having sex with the king, and satisfying him like no other woman (2:17), while at the same time passively resisting. Perhaps the Sages considered that in this matter she must have had some help from above.

- Kosher Adultery?

далее по тексту: The more implausible the story, the easier it is to attribute it to divine providence. не слишком почтительное замечание. и далее:

It is clear, however, that he had no trouble accepting this tradition, for he comments on it in his Talmud commentary: "And she immerses herself: `for reasons of cleanliness, so that she would not be repulsive to the righteous [Mordecai] after having slept with Ahasuerus.'"

I, in my poverty, will always hold on to the fringes of the garment of our holy Sages and will not veer from their words to the right or to the left... - вот откуда правый и левый уклон произошли.

короче, As is said in Jewish spiritual circles, “hamaskil yavin”, the enlightened will understand.