Likutei Sichos – Vol 31 p 170 ff The question isn’t why we deserved to die, the question is how did we survive. The answer is, of course, a divine miracle, which we can throw off if we choose to. This is what happened then in Shushan, they went to and enjoyed the feast of…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 31 p 170 ff The Yidden (of Shushan) deserved to die simply for enjoying Achashvairosh’s feast [that may actually have been Kosher]. How can this be justified? 1) Eating Not Kosher? 2) Celebrating the death of the rebuilding dream as 70 years had passed? Page 170-1.