Baruch Hashem we have the privilege to be 12 days away from
Purim 5773! It is written in Masechet
Megilla (the Gemara’s tractate on Purim) on Page 12b “Rava said if it wasn’t for the first scrolls that were sent out, there
would be nothing left of Israel.” Background: if an individual looks at the
story of Purim, they see that Haman bribed Achashverosh with thousands of
silver coins to get the signature for the decree to pass the law to kill all
Jews. The story continues that the kingdom of Achashverosh sent out the same
letter to kill all Jews twice.
Rashi explains Rava’s teaching in the Gemara by telling the
scholar that the people of Achashverosh’s kingdom thought the king became
crazy: why send the letter that gave the go-ahead to kill the Jews twice?
Rather, Rashi explains that the people thought via the second letter that they
have to actually wait for the specified date to kill all the Jews and not run
to kill them as they wished.
In the book Tiv
HaEmunah, Rabbi Rabinowitz explains that this is coming to teach us that
this simple Pasuk (Ester 1:22) is not some ‘extra’ verse in the Megilla.
Rather, EVERY SINGLE POINT OF THE STORY OF ESTHER & PURIM IS BY THE HAND OF
HASHEM! This is coming to teach us that sometimes we do not know why something
happened. In all cases we must repeat to ourselves: Everything is from Hashem and its for the best. So look up, stay
strong, stay confident with Hashem as your guide and continue doing Mitzvot!
Everything will work itself out and if it doesn’t seem that way, you can always
look up to Hashem and just vent to Him through prayer.
Be’ezrat Hashem we should have a Purim that is not a day we
will forget because our aim was to drink, rather it will be a day of SPIRITUAL
GROWTH AND SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS with an aim to get closer to Hashem!
Judaism=Think.
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