Taanis Esther

This was the view from room 36 today. It's a fast day and so there was an early dismissal. Till then I taught as best I could.o'

I just heard a nice Purim thought from Rabbi Fischel Schachter in the name of Rav Zalman Sorotzkin. He says that the only immediate "reward" that Mordechai received was having what he did be recorded in a book. Some time later, at just the right moment, Achashveirosh couldn't sleep and looked at his diary. He found what Mordechai did and rewarded him properly and the rest is Jewish history. The lesson is that good things come in time, timing is everything. Had Achashveirosh given Mordechai a big bag of money right when he saved Achashveirosh the good would not have come later. Rather the good he did was invested and the payoff came later. This often happens in our own lives. The good multiplies as the reward sits aside waiting to blossom. k

This relates to the man who told his worker that he couldn't pay him. The worker judged the boss favorably when he said he could not pay him in any way, finally concluding that the man had made an oath - neder that he would not have hana'ah - would not use any of his money. The deeper meaning of the story is that if good that we deserve does not come our way immediately it pays to have faith that there's a reason why it's not coming now, and the reward will come with exponents, in time.

More later-soon, please G-d.