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The Gemara makes a drasha on a pasuk in Yeshayahu:<\/p>\n

“\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05e4\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d3\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4’ \u05dc\u05e9\u05dd”. The Gemara says \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9 refers to Mordechai, \u05d4\u05d3\u05e1 refers to Esther and “\u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4’ \u05dc\u05e9\u05dd” refers to reading the megillah. Of all the parts of Tanach, how did God make a name for himself in the Megillah, the one sefer where his name doesn’t appear!?!<\/p>\n

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The Gemara makes a drasha on a pasuk in Yeshayahu: “\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05e4\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d3\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4’ \u05dc\u05e9\u05dd”. The Gemara says \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9 refers to Mordechai, \u05d4\u05d3\u05e1 refers to Esther and “\u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4’ \u05dc\u05e9\u05dd” refers to reading the megillah. Of all the parts of Tanach, how did God make a name for himself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133454,"featured_media":45096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[348],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-purim","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nMegillat Esther: The Astounding Finding of the Name of Hashem - OU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gemara makes a drasha: "\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e5 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e1\u05e8\u05e4\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d3\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4' \u05dc\u05e9\u05dd". 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