Yes.
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Why so far underground?
Winning.
From another article:
The station close to the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray will be called "Donald John Trump", the minister ordered, in tribute to his "historic and courageous decision" on Jerusalem.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/27/israel-name-new-jerusalem-train-station-donald-trump/
The final stop, right to the Kotel, is to be named "Trump". Trump. Here is Divine comedy on full display.
Might as well open that station on Purim (four-year project, 2022). They could merge the celebration with St. Patriarch's er St. Patrick's Day. Patriarch *is* the meaning of the name Patrick, after all. Purim + Shushan Purim. People would certainly be drinking.
Our Sages teach that when the Messiah arrives the festivals will cease to be observed, but Purim will continue to be observed. The Midrash (Mishlei 9) derives this unusual conclusion from a statement in Megillat Esther, (9:28) “the memory of Purim will never cease from among their descendants.” Why should a relatively minor festival be observed forever while the basic and more significant festivals will no longer be needed?
The underlying meaning of v’nahafoch hu is that what initially is perceived as a cause is really an effect, and what seems to be an effect is really the cause.
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“And all the servants of the king that were stationed at the gate of the king would kneel and bow to Haman…and Mordechai would not kneel and he would not bow (3:2).” It is clear from the pasuk that this requirement for everyone to bow to Haman was only for those stationed b’shaar hamelech, by the king’s palace, and not in all 127 countries under the dominion of Achashverosh. As such, had Mordechai not been at the shaar hamelech, the events of Purim would never have taken place! And what brought Mordechai to find himself daily at the gate of the king’s palace? Esther! Because Esther was in the palace, Mordechai frequented there to keep as much of an eye on her as possible. It emerges, then, that v’nahafoch hu: the refuah of Esther being in the palace was itself what caused the makah!
The route will run close to — but not directly under — the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds that Jesus was crucified and buried, and a contested holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Previous excavations by Israel near the holy site — the spiritual epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — have sparked violent Palestinian protests.
Because of those sensitivities, the proposal will likely meet with heavy resistance from the Palestinians, neighboring Arab countries and the international community.
You ever notice that venahafoch hu (ונהפוך הוא), the Purim phrase from Esther 9:1 that encapsulates the concept of the 180 degree turn about - has a value of 179? Flip the Purim story over again and it completes the circle, 358.
Our Sages teach that when the Messiah arrives the festivals will cease to be observed, but Purim will continue to be observed.
It's the trump effect.