Getting ready for Purim

It's already Adar so preperations are underway for the annual Purim celebration within the Jewish Blogosphere at The Muqata جميل في المقاطعة: Purim is coming...are you ready? I've already contributed my part to the fun.

Coming up:
This will be some issues that will hopefully be discussed concerning Purim and the story of Purim:

• Why was Esther chosen to be the queen if the Talmud (Megillah 3a) says she had a greenish complexion which is seemingly pretty ugly?
• Why was Esther chosen to be the queen if the daughters of Job (who lived at the same time as her, see Bava Basra 15b) were considered the most beautiful women in the history of the world?
• What is the criteria for the Talmud's enumeration of the most beautiful women in the history of the world (Megillah 15a) and why wasn't Esther nor the daughters of Job listed there?
• How did Jacob physically resemble the face of Adam HaKadmon (Bava Basra 58a)?

These and other questions will hopefully be answered in the next essay which will be a follow-up to the award-winning, Torah's Beauty.