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Hidden Miracle #8: Behind the scenes in the Book of Esther - Chapter 8-10

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Rabbi Hillel Shaps

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so good evening we are here for class number eight of the hitting miracle series this is the final class as was mentioned next wednesday night will be purim and then we'll be moving on from the top topic of the magilla i hope that this year we will be more prepared than ever when we go to hear the magilla we will know the story we will know the ins and outs and uh hopefully will be a even more meaningful experience so so we have a quite a few verses left to read we are not going to read every single verse but we'll get the just of the just of the story line and uh and we're gonna hopefully close with an incredible idea so you'll have to stick around till the end um so let's just uh remind ourselves where we are right now so come on is gone how long has ag of the picture picture how long has been eliminated and uh and things are looking good except that there's still a decree that's out against the jewish people that on the 13th of adar the persians are to rise up and eliminate them annihilate them and that still hangs over their heads and esther although she had mentioned this she told this to achashverosh when she revealed her achashverosh when she revealed her identity and accused haman nothing has happened yet nothing has been done about that and so we read the final verses we read last week she comes to achashlerosh and she falls before him crying and pleading and she makes a suggestion to him the suggestion esther is aware that there's a of the law in persia like a decree that's going out from the king cannot be rescinded she's aware of that so he can't call he can't cancel the

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  1. 0:03so good evening we are here for class number eight of the hitting miracle series this
  2. 6:14the juice i he's hung his property's taken away and he's an example for everyone so
  3. 12:18are in every city the right to assemble and to protect themselves to destroy to slay
  4. 18:22and then it says in verse 12 in one day and all the province is the
  5. 24:28king's affairs elevated the jews for the fear of mordechai fell upon them that's something that
  6. 30:35the jose blacka has an interesting idea over here well we actually know that these sons
  7. 36:42tries a few things to please her one of the things that he did was he
  8. 42:52we start with and he's making a party in shushan and why is he in shushang
  9. 48:58the king because they wouldn't have known that mordechai saved the king what if they had
  10. 55:11he almost does but enough that amalek is weakened and then king david and king salman

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