She (the Shechinah) is Yom HaKipurim. When She is adorning before Him in beautiful clothing, which are the garments of atonement [the Priestly vestments], called his diadem, his headdress, his girdle etc.... She is made up of the four white garments from the right side, and the four gold garments from the left side. At the same time that She is clothed in these garments of atonement, it is said about Her, “Esther put on Malchut/royal apparel” (Esther, 5:1). In them she enters into the Holy of Holies, and this is what is written “and stood in the inner court of the King’s palace” (Esther 5:1 cont.). In them she found favor in His eyes. The secret of this matter is “and I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant” [referring to the rainbow after the flood] (Genesis 9:15). “O Adonai, hear! O Adonai, forgive! O Adonai, listen! And act without delay.” (Daniel, 9:19).
“It was requested and it was found” (Esther 2:23) Rabbi Levi in the name of Rabbi Aha Bar Shila from the town of Tmarata said, just as the books of the mortals are thus, so much more so when the books of the Holy One, as it is written, “Then the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in God’s Presence...” (Malachi 3:16)
אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה גִּדַּל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת הָמָן בֶּן הַמְדָתָא וגו' (אסתר ג, א), זֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב (תהלים לז, כ): כִּי רְשָׁעִים יֹאבֵדוּ וְאֹיְבֵי ה' כִּיקַר כָּרִים. שֶׁאֵין מְפַטְּמִין אוֹתָן לְטוֹבָתָן אֶלָּא לְטִבְחָה, כָּךְ הָמָן הָרָשָׁע לֹא נִתְגַּדֵּל אֶלָּא לְמַפַּלְתּוֹ, מָשָׁל לְאָדָם שֶׁהָיְתָה לוֹ סְיָחָה וַחֲמוֹרָה וַחֲזִירָה, וְהָיָה נוֹתֵן לַחֲזִירָה בְּלֹא מִדָּה, לַחֲמוֹרָה וְלַסְּיָחָה בְּמִדָּה. אָמְרָה סְיָחָה לַחֲמוֹרָה מַה שּׁוֹטֶה זֶה עוֹשֶׂה, אָנוּ שֶׁאָנוּ עוֹשִׂין מְלַאכְתּוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת נוֹתֵן לָנוּ בְּמִדָּה, וְלַחֲזִירָה שֶׁהִיא בְּטֵלָה, שֶׁלֹא בְּמִדָּה. אָמְרָה לָהּ תָּבוֹא הַשָּׁעָה וְאַתְּ רוֹאָה בְּמַפַּלְתָּהּ, שֶׁאֵין מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתָהּ יוֹתֵר לִכְבוֹדָהּ, אֶלָּא לְרָעָתָהּ. כֵּיוָן שֶׁבָּא קָלֶנְדָּס, מִיָּד נָטְלוּ לַחֲזִירָה וּנְחָרוּהָ, הִתְחִילוּ נוֹתְנִין שְׂעוֹרִים לִפְנֵי בִּתָּהּ שֶׁל חֲמוֹרָה, וְהָיְתָה מְנַשֶּׁבֶת בָּהֶן וְלֹא אָכְלָה, אָמְרָה לָהּ אִמָּהּ בִּתִּי לֹא הַמַּאֲכָל גּוֹרֵם אֶלָּא הַבַּטָּלָה גּוֹרֶמֶת כָּךְ, לְפִי שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת כִּסְּאוֹ מֵעַל כָּל הַשָֹּׁרִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ, לְפִיכָךְ וַיִּתְלוּ אֶת הָמָן.
“After these things King Achashverosh raised up Haman (Esther 3:1)” As it is written, “The wicked will perish like the the fat of the lambs” (Psalms 37:20). That is the evil ones were only created not for their own goodness but for their destruction. Similarly Haman the evil one, was only raised up so that he can be made low. A parable: a man had a filly, a donkey and a pig, he gave to the pig food without measure, to the donkey and to the he gave with measure. The filly said to the donkey, “what is the master doing?” We are the ones who are doing all the work for the master of the house and he gives us only measured food, but for the epic he gives without any measure. The donkey replied, the hour will come an you will see how she is laid low, for he only feeds her more than her weight (alt honor), because of her wickedness. When the winter solstice came, they immediately they hung, slaughtered and butchered the pig. Then, they began to give the barley to the daughter of the donkey, and she did not want to eat it (out of fear), the mother said, “my daughter, it was not the dish that caused this, it was the slaughterer. For it is written, “and they placed his [Mordechai’s] throne over all the minister that were with him and thus they hung Haman.