Post date: Feb 17, 2013 4:54:40 AM
Hipil pur hu hagoral
A pur was cast, which is a lottery
(3:7)
Close inspection of our pasuk uncovers a hint that it would be Haman’s own ten sons who would be killed on the thirteenth of Adar and not the Jewish people.
The Gematria of the Roshei Teivos of the phrase in our pasuk (Hipil Pur Hu Hagoral) totals 95, which is the same Gematria as the word Haman. Additionally, the last word in the phrase, hagoral, can be rearranged to form the word 'laharog,' which means to kill. Lastly, if you take the Gematria of the Roshei Teivos of the last two words of our phrase (Hu Hagoral), the total comes to ten, the number of sons Haman had.
Putting all three of these discoveries together, we can now see clearly that the Megillah is telling us that when he cast the lottery, Haman determined that his actions would cause the killing of his ten sons on the thirteenth of Adar.
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Lo higida Esther es amah v’es moladita
Esther had not told of her people or her kindred
(2:10)
Mordechai knew through Ruach Hakodesh that Hashem was going to punish the Jews for having bowed to Nevuchadnetzar’s idol in the previous generation. He also knew that Esther would have to keep her national identify a secret in order to allow the eventual salvation to take place. The sin that the Jews had committed was only done because they were forced to do so, and they had remained loyal in their hearts to Hashem. The Gemara (Megillah 12a) tells us that since their sin was only done for appearance’s sake, the punishment they would endure would also only be for appearance’s sake and would never actually materialize into actual destruction.
The Yaaros Devash relates that Mordechai understood that if Achashveirosh knew that his wife was from the Jewish nation, he would never have allowed Haman to decree annihilation against them, which in turn would have meant that the Jews would not have made the all-out effort at Teshuvah. With all of that in mind, Mordechai commanded Esther to keep her ancestry a secret.
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