Purim of a window

In the year 1544, approximately, a cruel and greedy Phah ruled Hebron. And it happened today that he called the heads of the community and said to them: In three days you must bring fifty thousand divorces, and if not half of you I will burn with fire, and the rest I will sell into slaves. And it happened when the heads announced the This matter to the members of their congregation, and their hearts died, because they were poor, and where would they get the large amount of money! The rabbis called for a fast, and they all gathered in the synagogue to pour out their chameleon before the 4th, and they decided to fast for 3 consecutive days, night and day, and to bring the word of the decree in writing before the sleepers of the cave the product And they wrote on the sheet, and bribed the keeper of the cave to tie their request with a string and chain it into the cave, through the chimney in the dome, to the place of the tomb.

And it came to pass in the middle of the night, that the forest of Faha was like a man who would suddenly awaken him from his sleep, and he saw, and behold, three old men were standing over him, and their appearance was terrible. And they will demand fifty thousand divorces from him and if there is none - they will kill him right now. He was very frightened, he got off his bed. He took out of his box a pocket full of gold and silver coins and gave them to them. And he also gave them fifty thousand divorces to complete the scar on his wife's neck. And it happened on the third day in the morning, and the soldiers of the pecha came to the court of the Jews to collect the tax that the pecha had imposed on them. And let them knock at the door and the sun will hasten to open it for them. And when he reached the door, his legs failed in a pocket full of dinars. And when he bent down, he saw the hinges of the door as if it were a small window.

The sun hastened to put his pocket into the synagogue, and returned and opened the courtyard door. The Jews opened their pockets and they would find the exact amount of money that Faha demanded. The rabbi was then very happy and hurried to Beit Facha, to hand over the pocket and the rabbi to him. And the little one, knowing that he had them, fell silent and exclaimed: "Surely the guard of Israel will neither sleep nor sleep." And he turned to the breadwinners and said, "Know, the pocket and in it is mine, and it was taken from me last night by the fathers in order to save my soul from sin. And now, seeing that it was because of you that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were afraid of all this fear, and for your sake they rose from their graves, I said, I will honor you too, And I decreed in Tila from now on and this money is given to you. And you, bring a rain and a prayer to save me from pasture all my days."

In commemoration of this event, the 15th of Keslo was set for a holiday, and no prayer is said in it, and it is called "Purim of a window."

(The Hebron book 'Hivat Yerushalayim' published by Ram Lonz)