QUESTION:
What is the depth behind why the Chanukah and Purim miracles came about through women, Esther on Purim and Yehudis and Chanah on Chanukah?
ANSWER:
The Torah’s festivals came about in the merit of great men [the Avos/forefathers], whereas the Rabbinical festivals [Chanukah and Purim] were allotted to be in the merit of women.
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