Tag: Achashveirosh


  • Seeing Hashem’s Plan in Hindsight – Purim and Ki Tisa

    Purim is a time of hidden miracles. Unlike the splitting of the sea or the ten plagues, where Hashem’s presence was revealed, in the Megillah, His name isn’t mentioned even once. Yet, it is precisely this hidden presence that teaches us how Hashem guides history—even when we don’t see it at first. In Parshat Ki…

  • How Purim Taught Me to See Hashem Everywhere

    Growing Up with Hashem on the Shelf Growing up Modern Orthodox, I believed in Hashem, but I also believed that I was in control of my life. Hashem was there, of course—but He was more like a fire extinguisher, placed neatly behind a glass case that read: Break in Case of Emergency. Most of the…