Purim Hide and Seek - Clue #6

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(יד) כִּ֣י אִם־הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ בָּעֵ֣ת הַזֹּאת֒ רֶ֣וַח וְהַצָּלָ֞ה יַעֲמ֤וֹד לַיְּהוּדִים֙ מִמָּק֣וֹם אַחֵ֔ר וְאַ֥תְּ וּבֵית־אָבִ֖יךְ תֹּאבֵ֑דוּ וּמִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ אִם־לְעֵ֣ת כָּזֹ֔את הִגַּ֖עַתְּ לַמַּלְכֽוּת׃

(14) On the contrary, if you keep silent in this crisis, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another quarter, while you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows, perhaps you have attained to royal position for just such a crisis.”

Interesting Fact

We use the name, Hamakom (המקום) when we comfort a mourner during shiva.

It is traditional to say:

הַמָּקוֹם יְנַחֵם אֶתְכֶם בְּתוֹךְ אֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם

May God comfort you among the rest of the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

Clue #6 (Last one!)

A special food is eaten on Purim. There are many explanations of what the food represents - it even has different names in different languages! One idea for the food, and others traditionally eaten on Purim, is that it is hiding something inside of it, just like all of the hidden things in the story of Purim. Find the verse at the end of the Purim story that explains the tradition of sending gifts, which often include the special Purim treat, to our friends.