“For if you are silent at this time, relief and deliverance

Midrash Rabbah Esther Rabbah 8:6

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 24, 2025

“For if you are silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish; who knows if it was for a time like this that you attained royalty?” (Esther 4:14). “For if you are silent” – if you [Esther] are silent now and refrain from advocating on behalf of your nation, ultimately you will be silent in the future and you will have no claim. Why? Because you have the opportunity to perform good during your life and you [will have] failed to do so. What, do you think that the Holy One blessed be He will abandon Israel? In any case, he will provide them with a redeemer; that is what is written: “Relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place.”

Themes

Redemption Holy Land Time Esther Kabbalah

Biblical References

Esther 4:14

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