שִׁ וִּ י תִ י ה' לְ נֶ גְ דִּ י תָ מִ י ד “Shiviti Hashem Lenegdi Tamid.” [ I will place the Lord before me at all times ] Psalms 16:8 תהילים ט״ז ח׳ We must read the word SHIVITI as referring to HISHTAVUT — Equanimity. The interpretation of this verse then becomes: If we keep G-D’s presence before us at all times, then we shall reach equanimity in life. We will not be unsettled whether we are praised or blamed, whether we are given food fit for a king or just plain bread

MEGILAT ESTER (The scroll of Esther) relates the story of a Hebrew woman in ancient Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes undercover queen of the Great Empire of Persia, and single handedly sabotaging the Viceroy's genocide plan to annihilate all the Hebrew people in the 127 provinces of this greatest empire of the ancient world. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim and celebrates the reversal of destiny through a sudden and unexpected