DP (3
Apr 2016)
"PURIM REPEATED"
BELOW IS
PART OF AN ONLINE ARTICLE. ESTHER WANTED THE 10 SONS OF HAMAN
HANGED ON THE GALLOW. THE WAY THE HEBREW IS WRITTEN IT MEANS 'TO
BE HUNG AGAIN'......that makes it a prophecy.
After the
Nuremberg trials 10 Nazis were hanged in 1946, a year
the Hebrew words indicate would be indeed 1946.
Here is the article:
.....As he reached the platform Streicher cried
out, 'Now it goes to G-d.' He was pushed the last two steps to
the mortal spot beneath the hangman's rope. The rope was being
held back against a wooden rail by the hangman.
Streicher was swung suddenly to face
the witnesses and glared at them. Suddenly he screamed,
'Purim Fest 1946.' [Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrated in
the spring, commemorating the execution of Haman, ancient
persecutor of the Jews described in the Old Testament]…
Streicher had been a Nazi since early in the
movement’s history. He was the editor and publisher of the
anti-Semitic newspaper "Das Strummer." In May of 1924
Streicher wrote and published an article on Purim titled "Das
Purimfest" (The Festival of Purim). In order to publish
his vitriolic attack Streicher must have had a good deal of
knowledge about Jewish thought and practice. However we can only
speculate to what extent he was aware of the remarkable
parallels between Haman and his own execution. However, they are
indeed striking:
“And the king said to Esther the queen, ‘The
Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the
capital, and the ten sons of Haman...Now whatever your
petition, it shall be granted; whatever your request further,
it shall be done.’
Then said Esther, ‘If it please the king, let it
be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do tomorrow also
as this day, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon
the gallows.’ ” (Esther 9:12-14)
If Haman’s ten sons had already been killed, how
could they hanged?
Our Sages comment on the word “tomorrow" in
Esther's request: "There is a tomorrow that is now, and a
tomorrow which is later." (Tanchuma, Bo 13 and Rashi,
Shemot 13:14).
In the Megilla, the names of Haman’s ten sons are
written very large and in two columns. This is in distinct
contrast to the style of the rest of the Megilla. The left-hand
column contains the word v'et (and) ten times. According
to our Sages the word v'et is used to denote
replication. The inference is that another ten people
were hanged in addition to Haman's ten sons.
If we examine the list of Haman's sons three
letters are written smaller: the taf of Parshandata,
the shin of Parmashta and the zayin
of Vizata.
Those three letters together form taf-shin-zayin,
the last three numbers of the Jewish year 5707, which
corresponds to the secular year 1946, the year that those ten
Nazi criminals were executed.
The Nuremberg trials were a military tribunal and
thus the method of execution was usually by firing squad. The
court, however, prescribed hanging. Esther’s request "Let
Haman's ten sons be hanged" echoes down the ages,
Equally uncanny is that the date of the execution
(October 16, 1946) fell on "Hoshana Rabba" (21 Tishrei), the day
on which G-d seals the verdicts of Rosh Hashana for the coming
year.
As the Megilla recounts, a decree that the king
has sealed cannot be rescinded, and thus Achashverosh had to
promulgate a second decree to allow the Jewish People to defend
themselves. In other words, that first decree was never
nullified.
Our Sages teach us that eventually the Jewish
People will return to G-d either voluntarily, or if not, G-d
will raise up another despot whose decrees will be “as severe as
Haman” (Sanhedrin 97b).
When we look toward the place of our original
encounter with Haman and see the rise of a fanatic whose
rhetoric rivals our most vicious enemies, we should remember
that history most often repeats itself for those who fail to
learn its lessons.