Esther 1.1

 אסתר 1.1

1.’And it was in the days of Achashverosh — he was the Achashverosh who reigned from Hodu to Cush, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces- וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה (3462+13 words=3475=19=10=1).

The verse can be divided so:

·         It was in the days of Achashverosh-  וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ(914=14=8 or + 3 words=17=8);

·         He was the Achashverosh who reigned from Hodu to Cush- הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד כּוּשׁ (1389+6 words=1395=18);

·         One hundred and twenty-seven provinces- שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה (1719=18).

The verse opens with words which have an identical gematria to the first word of the Torah “In the Beginning”-בְּרֵאשִׁית ! A new creation was about to be set in motion from the Eighth Sphira.

It was in the days of Achashverosh

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

914=14=8

In the Beginning

בְּרֵאשִׁית

913+1 word=914=14=8

Hodu (India)-Cush (Ethiopia)

הֹדּוּ-כּוּשׁ

341=8 or + 2 words=10=1

Seven and twenty and one hundred

שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה

1050+ 3 words=1+8 or 1610=8 (Mem 600)

The number 1610 corresponds to the alignment of the 10 Sphirot:

·         Three upper-            1

·         Six connecting-         6

·         Kingdom-                 1

The number 1610 is tenfold the gematria of the word “The Universe”-“Hayakum”- הַיָקוּם (161).