The Baal Shem Tov said:
If you read the story of Esther and of her people, of the rise of Haman and his own self-destruction, of secret heroes and hidden miracles as though it was all a backstory —something that occurred a long time ago and now provides only historical context —you haven’t read the story.
Because Jews have never had the luxury to retell this story as something we have put behind us. Haman persists to reappear in his many incarnations, as a dictator, as a terrorist, as an ideology, as an advocate of war, as an advocate of peace, or, most pernicious of all, as the cold apathy that chills our own hearts from within. He remains to remind us that as a nation, as well as individuals, we rely every day on G‑d's miracles simply to remain the nation we were chosen to be. And when we stand firm and united, we see those miracles.
A Jew looks around and discovers: We are standing in the middle of the story of Purim right now.
chabad.org
All things are created by H'shem so that its root remains above and so everything that happens here below is a result of our action, which shakes the root above so that those things can be drawn down here below. Therefore, the "wonders" that we innovate, such as healing and livelihood, as well as the insights on the secret of the Torah, "are for us" they are given to us to perform
pg 145 Mipeninei Noam Elimelch
If you read the story of Esther and of her people, of the rise of Haman and his own self-destruction, of secret heroes and hidden miracles as though it was all a backstory —something that occurred a long time ago and now provides only historical context —you haven’t read the story.
Because Jews have never had the luxury to retell this story as something we have put behind us. Haman persists to reappear in his many incarnations, as a dictator, as a terrorist, as an ideology, as an advocate of war, as an advocate of peace, or, most pernicious of all, as the cold apathy that chills our own hearts from within. He remains to remind us that as a nation, as well as individuals, we rely every day on G‑d's miracles simply to remain the nation we were chosen to be. And when we stand firm and united, we see those miracles.
A Jew looks around and discovers: We are standing in the middle of the story of Purim right now.
chabad.org
All things are created by H'shem so that its root remains above and so everything that happens here below is a result of our action, which shakes the root above so that those things can be drawn down here below. Therefore, the "wonders" that we innovate, such as healing and livelihood, as well as the insights on the secret of the Torah, "are for us" they are given to us to perform
pg 145 Mipeninei Noam Elimelch