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 | | Because, as Haman tells Ahashverosh, “Yeshno am ehad” - “there is one nation.” The word “yeshno” (literally, “there is”) may also be read as “yashnu,” meaning, “they slept.” Benei Yisrael were “asleep” in misvah observance; they abandoned the Torah, partook of the gentiles’ festivities and even prostrated themselves before a graven image, Heaven forbid. |
 | | The decree was issued, the “King” and Haman sat to drink, and the city of Shushan was in havoc. |
 | | The answer emerges from Rashi’s comments to the section of “Zachor.” He explains that before Amalek’s attack, the nations of the world were frightened from Am Yisrael and were afraid to launch any campaign against them. |
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