In Megillat Esther, which we read on Purim, we are told that Mordechai uncovered a plot to assassinate King Achashverosh and informed Queen Esther: “The matter became known to Mordechai, and he told Queen Esther. Esther told the king in Mordechai’s name.” (Esther 2:22) The Megillah deliberately emphasizes that Esther reported the plot “in Mordechai’s name.”  This detail appears minor, yet the Gemara attributes extraordinary significance to it: “Rabbi Elazar said that Rabbi Ch