בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת ׀ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ עַ֚ל כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,
Find Talmudic references to Esther 1:2: , passages from the Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi.