An Incredible Vort from Rebbetzen Abramsky
Reb Yechezkel Abramsky zt”l once related the following:
One year on Purim night, in London, I read Megillah for my wife at 1 in the morning. That year on erev Purim my rebbetzen had a terrible toothache and she wasn’t up to hearing Megillah at the ideal time. At 1 in the morning, she felt better, and she asked me to read her the Megillah. When I finished reading the Megillah I asked her, “Raizel, what do you think Mordechai was thinking when he was on the horse, and Haman was leading him through the city square proclaiming, “so shall be done to the man who the king wants to honor?”.
She answered Mordechai was probably thinking: “Kavod such as this is something fit for drunkards, and isn’t even kavod, when is this stupidity going to finish, so that I can get back to my learning”.
