Every year on Purim, I read the Book of Esther, and new things jump out at me, resonate, feel significant. This year, I could not stop thinking about one particular bit, so I want to take a minute to share it with you. The scene: the Jews of Persia are under a death edict. Esther is incognito in the Palace. No one knows she's Jewish, so in theory, she's safe. Mordechai reaches out to her: "You need to do something." And Esther says "I can't, if I go to the king unsummoned I will literally die."