Commentary for Megillah 30:20

בלילה ההוא נדדה שנת המלך אמר רבי תנחום נדדה שנת מלכו של עולם ורבנן אמרי נדדו עליונים נדדו תחתונים רבא אמר שנת המלך אחשורוש ממש

"On that night the king's sleep was disturbed..." Rabbi Tanhum said, the sleep of the King of the Universe was disturbed. And the Rabbis said that the uppermost ones were disturbed and the lowermost ones were disturbed. Rava said that [it means] the sleep of King Ahashverosh himself.

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