The Fast of Esther - Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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master Wester is based on the Megillah that when mortified told Esther that Haman has a whole decree against the Jewish people so Esther said let us have a fast for three days let's bring all the Jews together we should fast for three days and then a sham will have mercy and I'm use rel and we are told there was actually a three day fast obviously people ate at night but there was a three day fast and then of course all of the events happened that culminated in Amman being hung and the Gazzara going away now what's interesting is chronologically the fast that is recorded in McGillis Esther the three day fast was not now it was actually during Pesach we don't realize unless you study the Megillah carefully you know really understands that most of the critical events that involved the hot solo bomb Israel occurred around Pesach I'm not scoring time the Gazzara that the that the Jewish people would be wiped out was indeed for the 13th of Adar but the whole idea of the parties of Haman and and the Holman getting hung that occurred during pacer fact the gomorrah tells us that the three day fast meant that that particular year they did not keep the mitzvah of the seder and they did not they did not eat on Pesach mean you know the first days of present was McLucas whether it was the 13th the 14th or 15th or the 14th or 15th or 16th but according to our miss

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