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Let's take a deep look at what our sages teach us in the verses and in the prophecies about the meaning of a time like this. A time when the people of Israel are already back in the land of Israel and there are wars in the world and the Jewish people unlike in the past are actively fighting and playing a central role in these conflicts. So what does all of this mean? First of all, just look at the chain of First of all, just look at the chain of miracles that has taken place. True, these are not miracles like the splitting of the Red Sea or the sun standing still in Gibian and the moon in the valley of Ayolon as it says in the book of Joshua. The waters didn't turn to blood and there were no frogs like in Egypt. But there are miracles very similar to what we see in the book of Esther. In the book of Esther, there were no open supernatural miracles. And yet, there supernatural miracles. And yet, there was such a precise alignment of events, such an incredible sequence of coincidences that only a fool could say it was all by chance and not divine providence. Unrelated events all came together. That night, the king couldn't sleep. He suddenly remembered that Mordeai had never been rewarded. that connects back to Big Than and Teresh. Esther is already in the palace after Vashi was killed at the feast. Harmon just happens
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