Story, at the end….
During the Holiday of Purim, March 23/24 2016, it is a Mitzvah to hear the Megillah/story of Purim at night and the following day. It is also a Mitzvah during the day to give at least two kosher food items to one friend, at least one gift to charity to two poor people, and to eat a kosher Purim Meal. The code of Jewish law reminds us, to give lots of charity, since this is a G-dly behavior, to be kind to the less fortunate. With these practices, we connect to the very powerful blessings and energies of the day.
There is a very interesting interpretation to the name of Yom Kippurim – the day of atonement, which says the following. In Hebrew the name Yom Ki Ppurim – can also be translated and understood as, the day of Atonement – is LIKE – and ONLY similar, to the holiday of Purim!!!
Can you imagine…. The holiest day of the year, when we are all dressed in white like angels, fasting and totally separated from the mundane and the physical, the day when G-d hears our pleas and prayers, and forgives our sins so we start the year on a fresh brand new slate, is ONLY LIKE, the upcoming holiday of Purim!! So much power to Purim!!!!!
ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES -- DISGUISED.
In the story of Esther, when she is requested by her cousin Mordechai to speak to the King on behalf of the Jewish people, her own brothers and sisters, she is quoted as saying, “….and therefore, I will come to the King unlawfully……” Esther had no appointment to see the king, and her resolve to see the King involved literally, the danger of putting her own life on the line.
Esther accepted the argument made by Mordechai. The Jewish people will be saved, because they have been promised by G-d never to be forsaken. It is true you Esther have no appointment to see the King. However, it may very well be the entire reason you were chosen (by Divine Providence) as the Queen, to rise up, at this very critical moment.
If you Esther don’t seize this opportunity to save your own people, someone else will be G-ds messenger, and your entire progeny will be wiped out.
In the end, Esther’s self-sacrifice paid off. The King received Esther warmly, and the villain Haman with his ten children were killed on the very gallows, he made for Mordechai the Jew.
Our sages tell us. Because of not only the self-sacrifice of Esther, but of all the Jewish people who stood firm with their leader Mordechai, they did not buckle in to Haman and sell out of their faith, this total dedication and complete beyond any rational calculation to our faith, we were saved by G-d, with a total and beyond any rational calculation, with a complete, reversal of events. All the bad itself that was planned by the enemies, were transformed to the benefit and the good of the Jewish people.
On this Holiday – in the air – and in the slot of this one day, it is unlike Yom Kippur where we need to ask G-d for forgiveness before we have a chance to be heard and granted blessings. On Purim, like Esther who approached the King without calculation and with supra rational dedication, G-d reciprocates and grants everyone’s requests and prayers, deserving or not deserving.
On this Holiday of Purim, unlike the formality and decorum of Yom Kippur, we must reach a state of awareness and emotional actuality, where our joy and happiness in being Jewish and connected with G-d knows no boundaries. Through this, we receive the infinite, no boundaries blessings already planted in the day.
Once, the night after Purim, two less fortunate souls were treasuring and savoring the moment by counting all the money and food gifts they received over the Holiday. One of them said to the other. “it is true Haman was a very wicked man, yet nevertheless we owe him a debt of gratitude. It is in his merit we were successful to collect all these generous donations and gifts….”
No one ultimately has control over another person. Our only source of blessings comes through our connection with the source of all blessings, G-d Himself. And even if there are Haman’s out there planning evil for others, Purim reminds us, and them. When G-d finally decides to let loose the pressure, the evil tension and stress will be used against the enemies of G-d. This stress and tension becomes the impetus to benefit all those G-d decides to grant good.
HAPPY PURIM.
During the Holiday of Purim, March 23/24 2016, it is a Mitzvah to hear the Megillah/story of Purim at night and the following day. It is also a Mitzvah during the day to give at least two kosher food items to one friend, at least one gift to charity to two poor people, and to eat a kosher Purim Meal. The code of Jewish law reminds us, to give lots of charity, since this is a G-dly behavior, to be kind to the less fortunate. With these practices, we connect to the very powerful blessings and energies of the day.
There is a very interesting interpretation to the name of Yom Kippurim – the day of atonement, which says the following. In Hebrew the name Yom Ki Ppurim – can also be translated and understood as, the day of Atonement – is LIKE – and ONLY similar, to the holiday of Purim!!!
Can you imagine…. The holiest day of the year, when we are all dressed in white like angels, fasting and totally separated from the mundane and the physical, the day when G-d hears our pleas and prayers, and forgives our sins so we start the year on a fresh brand new slate, is ONLY LIKE, the upcoming holiday of Purim!! So much power to Purim!!!!!
ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES -- DISGUISED.
In the story of Esther, when she is requested by her cousin Mordechai to speak to the King on behalf of the Jewish people, her own brothers and sisters, she is quoted as saying, “….and therefore, I will come to the King unlawfully……” Esther had no appointment to see the king, and her resolve to see the King involved literally, the danger of putting her own life on the line.
Esther accepted the argument made by Mordechai. The Jewish people will be saved, because they have been promised by G-d never to be forsaken. It is true you Esther have no appointment to see the King. However, it may very well be the entire reason you were chosen (by Divine Providence) as the Queen, to rise up, at this very critical moment.
If you Esther don’t seize this opportunity to save your own people, someone else will be G-ds messenger, and your entire progeny will be wiped out.
In the end, Esther’s self-sacrifice paid off. The King received Esther warmly, and the villain Haman with his ten children were killed on the very gallows, he made for Mordechai the Jew.
Our sages tell us. Because of not only the self-sacrifice of Esther, but of all the Jewish people who stood firm with their leader Mordechai, they did not buckle in to Haman and sell out of their faith, this total dedication and complete beyond any rational calculation to our faith, we were saved by G-d, with a total and beyond any rational calculation, with a complete, reversal of events. All the bad itself that was planned by the enemies, were transformed to the benefit and the good of the Jewish people.
On this Holiday – in the air – and in the slot of this one day, it is unlike Yom Kippur where we need to ask G-d for forgiveness before we have a chance to be heard and granted blessings. On Purim, like Esther who approached the King without calculation and with supra rational dedication, G-d reciprocates and grants everyone’s requests and prayers, deserving or not deserving.
On this Holiday of Purim, unlike the formality and decorum of Yom Kippur, we must reach a state of awareness and emotional actuality, where our joy and happiness in being Jewish and connected with G-d knows no boundaries. Through this, we receive the infinite, no boundaries blessings already planted in the day.
Once, the night after Purim, two less fortunate souls were treasuring and savoring the moment by counting all the money and food gifts they received over the Holiday. One of them said to the other. “it is true Haman was a very wicked man, yet nevertheless we owe him a debt of gratitude. It is in his merit we were successful to collect all these generous donations and gifts….”
No one ultimately has control over another person. Our only source of blessings comes through our connection with the source of all blessings, G-d Himself. And even if there are Haman’s out there planning evil for others, Purim reminds us, and them. When G-d finally decides to let loose the pressure, the evil tension and stress will be used against the enemies of G-d. This stress and tension becomes the impetus to benefit all those G-d decides to grant good.
HAPPY PURIM.
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