Why does Megillat Esther end with Achashverosh taxing his empire? This closing detail reveals the deepest message of Purim: God doesn’t just overturn evil plans, He repurposes them. The very taxes intended to strengthen the Persian throne became the funds used by Darius, son of Esther, to rebuild the Second Temple — turning Haman’s strategy and Achashverosh’s power into instruments of redemption.

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