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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/06-39-05.jpeg16181080The miracle we celebrate on Purim took place during a very vulnerable time in Jewish history. Approximately seventy years earlier, the Babylonians had destroyed the First Temple, and exiled the Jewish people from their Land. In the meantime, the Persian Empire arose, deposed the Babylonian Empire, and ruled all the countries in the area. Cyrus, the great Persian king, issued an edict permitting the Jews to return to their Land and rebuild the Temple. Regrettably, only a small minority actually did so. Due to the small numbers of Jews, their opponents were able to cause trouble and convince the Persian king to stop the rebuilding. Meanwhile, the large Jewish population who lived throughout the Persian Empire were assimilating and copying the gentiles’ behavior. It seemed as though the great vision the Jewish people were meant to spread was fading away. There would no longer be hope for a return to ...