Who Will Subdue Ahasuerus? The Daily Chizuk from the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Berland shlit"a
The Daily Chizuk – Esther was Spoken with Ruach HaKodesh (Divine Inspiration)
Tuesday, 6th of Iyar, 5784Hannah was a prophetess; the Zohar says that Hannah and Deborah were even greater than Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our Teacher), because Moshe walked with the Ananei HaKavod (Clouds of Glory)—he entered the sea and the cloud received them.
"And he journeyed, and he came, and he stretched out" (Exodus 14:19–21), "And the angel of G-d, who went before the camp of Israel, journeyed and went behind them." It is written, "And the angel of G-d journeyed... and went behind them." The angel of G-d went behind them and received the ballista stones (projectiles thrown by the Egyptians).
Esther is referred to as ”The curves of your thighs" (Song of Songs 7:2). The Rebbe (Rebbe Nachman) explains in Torah 10 (Likutey Moharan) the secret of Queen Esther—that all the miracles occurred in the merit of Esther.
Esther was the gilgul (reincarnation) of Jael, because Jael had to come to rectify the concept of "Her feet go down to death" (Proverbs 5:5). It is written, "Between her feet he sank, he fell... destroyed (shadud)." Shadud refers to the angel Metatron.
For within Jael was an ibbur (spiritual attachment) of the angel Metatron; "Shadud" (destroyed) has the same numerical value as "Shaddai" (Almighty) - 314.
The angel Metatron is called Shaddai, therefore Metatron has the gematria (numerical value) of 314. The entire Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther) was spoken with Ruach HaKodesh (Divine Inspiration). If a single letter is missing from the Megillah, it is pasul (invalid), but if a letter was skipped [during the reading], the Megillah itself is not invalidated.
For Antiochus has the gematria of Yosef (Joseph). Ahasuerus has the gematria of Rebbe Nachman.