That night the king could not sleep...

 “That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.” Esther 6:1 I often wondered if it was sheer coincidence or if there was a larger force at work in the story the bible passage above talks about. So it happened that a while ago two men, Bigthana and Tersh, were plotting to kill the King. One man, Mordecai, found out about it and informed the Queen Esther and for some reason the King wasn’t told but...