"It turned out to the contrary." (Esther 9:1)
Wicked Haman thought "to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day." (Esther 3:13) He even set a precise date: "the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar." (Ibid.) He took pains to sign Achashverosh on the royal decree and to publicize it everywhere. Then he and the king sat down to drink, "but the city of Shushan was perplexed." (3:15)
Indeed, the Jews were worried and perplexed and could find no way to nullify the decrees of Haman and the king. As we all know, however, Haman's plans were nullified. To the contrary, Haman was hanged on a tree and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad (8:15), and "the Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor." (8:16)
Today, history is replete with plans to destroy the Jews ? it will never be. The plans of our German arch-enemy ? may his name be blotted out ? did not succeed either. True, he murdered six million holy Jewish martyrs, but despite his intentions, the Jewish People rose to rebirth, the State of Israel was established and our nation stands with more erect bearing.
Our Arab enemies, as well, had plans to destroy the State of Israel, and they still do. They tried to actualize those plans in the War of Independence, the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War. Yet we saw clearly how G-d turned the tables on them and we soundly defeated them.
When they despaired of being victorious in battle, they opened a "peace attack." Their goal was now precisely the same, only their methods changed. They are just "the same lady in a different mantle." The goal of that Arab "peace attack", with the backing and encouragement of that same Europe where anti-Semitism is raging even today, is to weaken and diminish the State of Israel and to create divisiveness in Israeli society, thereby bringing our country to a state of collapse; it will never be.
Quite the contrary, we shall emerge strengthened even from the psychological war of the "peace attack" being waged against us by our Arab enemies, the Europeans and the others who are encouraging them.
As Scripture states, "Why are the nations in an uproar? Why do the peoples mutter in vain? The kings of the earth stand up; the rulers join ranks against the L-rd and against His anointed." (Psalm 2:1-2) The result will be G-d's "smashing them with a rod of iron and dashing them to pieces like a potter's vessel." (Ibid., verse 9)
Wicked Haman thought "to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day." (Esther 3:13) He even set a precise date: "the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar." (Ibid.) He took pains to sign Achashverosh on the royal decree and to publicize it everywhere. Then he and the king sat down to drink, "but the city of Shushan was perplexed." (3:15)
Indeed, the Jews were worried and perplexed and could find no way to nullify the decrees of Haman and the king. As we all know, however, Haman's plans were nullified. To the contrary, Haman was hanged on a tree and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad (8:15), and "the Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor." (8:16)
Today, history is replete with plans to destroy the Jews ? it will never be. The plans of our German arch-enemy ? may his name be blotted out ? did not succeed either. True, he murdered six million holy Jewish martyrs, but despite his intentions, the Jewish People rose to rebirth, the State of Israel was established and our nation stands with more erect bearing.
Our Arab enemies, as well, had plans to destroy the State of Israel, and they still do. They tried to actualize those plans in the War of Independence, the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War. Yet we saw clearly how G-d turned the tables on them and we soundly defeated them.
When they despaired of being victorious in battle, they opened a "peace attack." Their goal was now precisely the same, only their methods changed. They are just "the same lady in a different mantle." The goal of that Arab "peace attack", with the backing and encouragement of that same Europe where anti-Semitism is raging even today, is to weaken and diminish the State of Israel and to create divisiveness in Israeli society, thereby bringing our country to a state of collapse; it will never be.
Quite the contrary, we shall emerge strengthened even from the psychological war of the "peace attack" being waged against us by our Arab enemies, the Europeans and the others who are encouraging them.
As Scripture states, "Why are the nations in an uproar? Why do the peoples mutter in vain? The kings of the earth stand up; the rulers join ranks against the L-rd and against His anointed." (Psalm 2:1-2) The result will be G-d's "smashing them with a rod of iron and dashing them to pieces like a potter's vessel." (Ibid., verse 9)