http://www.simpletoremember.com/jewish/blog/wishes/By Scroll Secrets on February 21, 2010 -- 4:06am
The Famous “Code” in the Scroll of Esther
The Vilna Gaon, an 18th century scholar, wrote in his “all that was, is, and will be until the end of time is included in the Torah…not just in the general sense, but… (even) the most minute details.”
For centuries, Jewish sages have been uncovering hidden secrets in the Torah. Following is a famous example, reflecting events in the twentieth century, which is found not in the Five Books of Moses, but in the Scroll of Esther.
When listing the ten sons of Haman who were hanged (Esther 9:6-10), three letters, namely Taf, Shin, and Zayin, are written smaller than the rest. The commentaries offer no explanation for this other than that it is a prophecy. The letters “Taf-Shin-Zayin” represent the Hebrew year 5707, corresponding to the secular year 1946.On October 16, 1946 ten convicted Nazi war criminals were hanged in Nuremberg. (An eleventh, Hermann Goering, a transvestite, committed suicide in his cell. Jewish tradition tells us that Haman also had a daughter who committed suicide.) As if the parallel were not obvious enough without further corroboration, Nazi Julius Streicher’s last words were, “Purimfest 1946.”
(In case you question the accuracy of Streicher’s last words, they are are well-documented; they appeared in Newsweek, October 28, 1946.)
It is fairly safe to assume that
(a) Streicher did not know about the three small letters in the Scroll of Esther,
(b) he did not know that these letters corresponded to the year in which he was being hanged, and
(c) even had he known, he would have had no motivation to reinforce the validity of Jewish texts, traditions, or prophecies.