Esther
“So I will go to the king, contrary to protocol. And if I perish, I perish.” (Esther 4:16)
A woman of secrets, of mystery, cloaking her true identity within many garbs, until her time arrived. A woman like the morning star, at that impossible place where the night becomes so dark it has nothing left but to reveal the dawn.
One who dared set foot in the innermost chamber of evil, raising Haman its prince to the pinnacle of glory, only that he should manufacture his demise.
When she ripped away her mask and her inner light burst forth, the façade of chance and coincidence and palace intrigue opened like a curtain to reveal wonders and miracles on their back stage. This way, Esther contains the final redemption, for she married miracle with mundane, discovering unbounded light within a cloud of darkness.
Last Word
Of the most lofty, enlightened souls, many had wives greater than themselves and daughters greater than their sons. So it was with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. So it was with Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Meir. So it was with many great masters of the Kabala.
These great men, in their personal lives, were already tasting of the World to Come, when the quality of womanhood will loom over man.
Reference: http://www.jewish-holiday.com/biblewomen.html
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