Portion chayei Sarah - but Purim ain't for another 4 months- so who is "In the Clutches of ....."
This week in the portion writes about Sara bein buried in Hebron and it says
"She lived
100 years and
20 years and
7 years.
So what? The last 50 years she spent with Abraham but being taken captive by Pharoah -
and worse, by the lecherous King Avimelech!
Rashi explains that at 100 years she was beautiful like at 20
and at 20 as modest as a child of 7 -
Free from sin as a child!
But she was in the clutches of Middle Eastern tyrants -
Until the Almihhty appeared to warn Avimelech
and finally she was no longer in danger
The opposite numerology lesson is recorded in Megilat Esther -
who survived the drunken orgies of the Persian Empire's
7 and
20 and
100 Vassal States and their rulers.
Is tbeŕ any connection in those numbers?
A friend pointed out that the modesty of \Sarah
Is the message in the Megila - the lesson for all Jewish Children of Abraham and Sarah
Esther is in the clutches of a drunken tyrant king - Ahashverosh -
The "orgy master of the Persian Empiire of 127 vassal states
But Esther's purity and wisdom TOTALLY WOW him -
and King Achashverosh offers Esther "half my kingdom"
But she doesn"bite"!
In the end Esther and Mordechai rule it all! The 127 states ...
And the Temple in Jerusalem gets re-built because of them
For over 400 years it stands ...until - well - there are other teachings for later on.
Shabat Shalom and Health
And Thank You All!!!
Rabbi Andy Eichenholz
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