Chevra, today is פורים (Purim)! I was in a shiur once where they were saying that Achashveros was either a genius or really stupid. Throughout most of The Megilla, he is extremely passive. So either everyone is manipulating him or he is the one that is manipulating things around him from behind the scenes, but maintains plausible deniability. I used to work on a product that had 2 databases. One was extremely basic (and was a delight to upgrade and work with). The other was extremely complex with triggers and stored procedures, the whole application required the DB to be running properly. In our cloud world of quick iteration and failing fast, having the DB be complex and difficult to work with makes for a bad situation. (There is also a Rebbe Nachman story about the simpleton and the sophisticate) The case of The Megilla, it’s almost like a tragedy. The Jews survived and succeeded to the highest areas of government, but they could have Thought Big and returned to Eretz Yisrael. May you all have a spectacular and fun Purim.