I’m so glad we have a chance to examine Bibi’s speech over and over again because as I do, different things tend to pop out at me.
For example, when he talks about the deal with Iran being a bad one, I think of how Obama hopes to save himself by making a deal. This in turn reminds me of the time in the book of Esther (since Purim is the theme that Bibi chose to use) when Mordecai warns Esther that if she doesn’t stand up to the king to save her people, if she tries to save herself, she will die ANYWAY. For those who don’t know, the queen was forbidden to approach the king unless he was summoned. And, if he failed to hold out his staff, she would be executed on the spot.
Bibi spoke plainly, but he also spoke a “hidden” msg which is ALSO a Purim theme. There is much ‘hidden’ in the book of Esther. For example, one glaring omission is the name of HaShem (G-d) throughout the book, but his handi work is painfully obvious if one looks carefully.
I finally got to watch the speech. What was the big deal? It was dumb, stupid for democrats to boycott that speech. The bigger deal was republicans caving on amnesty.