וְאֶת־מְנֹרַ֧ת הַמָּא֛וֹר וְאֶת־כֵּלֶ֖יהָ וְאֶת־נֵרֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֵ֖ת שֶׁ֥מֶן הַמָּאֽוֹר׃
le candélabre pour l’éclairage avec ses ustensiles et ses lampes et l’huile du luminaire;
Tze'enah Ure'enah
It says in Scripture, “oil to illumine” [Ex. 35:14]. Why did the sages make it so severe regarding the reading of the Megillah, at night and again in the morning? Also, the Torah will be abrogated and the Megillah will be read?48J. Megillah, 1.7. The answer is, because in that time Israel was far from the Holy One, as if the Holy One, heaven forbid, forgot them. Therefore, the Holy One showed Israel that when Israel are in great trouble and are humbled among the nations, the Holy One does not forget us and redeems us, in the expectation that Israel will not despair of redemption. When a trouble comes, heaven forbid, then one should call to God and He will answer us, like He answered Mordecai and Esther. Therefore, one should read the Megillah and read it twice, once for the miracle that happened to Mordecai at night, that it was found in the Chronicle that Mordecai had saved the king. One reads it in the day for the miracle that happened to Esther with the banquets, as a result of which Haman was hanged.