In What Sense Is Purim Different Than Other Days? - במה שונה פורים משאר ימי השנה?
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Ami: There is something I don’t understand about Purim. It’s so different than any other Chag. In all our festivals, we feel the spirituality in the air, mainly because certain secular actions are prohibited. But on Purim – nothing is prohibited. Some people even go to work on Purim. If there is no work prohibition prohibited on Purim – what makes it different than any other day?”
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Ami: There is something I don’t understand about Purim. It’s so different than any other Chag. In all our festivals, we feel the spirituality in the air, mainly because certain secular actions are prohibited. But on Purim – nothing is prohibited. Some people even go to work on Purim. If there is no work prohibition prohibited on Purim – what makes it different than any other day?”
1. מדרש שוחר טוב כל המועדים בטלים, וימי הפורים לא יהיו בטלים שנאמר: וימי הפורים האלה לא יעברו מתוך היהודים וזכרם לא יסוף מזרעם. | 1. Midrash Shochar Tov All the festivals will become void, whereas Purim will never become void. |
Yisrael: Why cancel the Chagim in the future? Why will Purim not be cancelled?
2. מס' שבת פח.ויתיצבו בתחתית ההר, א"ר אבדימי בר חמא בר חסא: מלמד שכפה עליהם הר כגיגית ואמר להם: אם אתם מקבלים התורה - מוטב, ואם לאו - שם תהא קבורתכם. א"ר אחא בר יעקב: מכאן מודעא רבה לאורייתא )רש"י - שאם יזמינם לדין למה לא קיימתם מה שקבלתם עליכם - יש להם תשובה, שקבלוה באונס) . אמר רבא: אף על פי כן, הדור קבלוה בימי אחשורוש, דכתיב: קיימו וקיבלו היהודים… | 2. Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 88a ‘And they stood under the mount’: R. Abdimi b. Chama b. Chasa said: This teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, overturned the mountain upon them like an [inverted] cask, and said to them,'If you accept the Torah, good; if not, there shall be your burial.' R. Acha b. Yaakov observed: This furnishes a strong protest against the Torah. (Rashi: For if God calls them to be judged, asking- why didn’t you fulfill what you accepted, they have an answer- that they accepted it by coercion) Said Raba, Yet even so, they re-accepted it in the days of Achashverosh, for it is written, [the Jews] confirmed, and took upon them [etc.]: [i.e.,] they confirmed what they had accepted long before |
· What does the Midrash mean by telling us that Bnei Yisrael were forced to accept the Torah?
· In what sense did Bnei Yisrael re-accept the Torah in the days of Achashverosh? How do we accept the Torah on Purim?
3. משך חכמה, ר' מאיר שמחה מדווינסק פירוש: שהראה להם כבוד ה' בהקיץ ובהתגלות נפלאה, עד כי ממש בטלה בחירתם הטבעי, ויצאה נשמתם מהשגת כבוד ה' והיו מוכרחים כמלאכים בלא הבדל, וראו כי כל הנבראים תלוי רק בקבלת התורה.
| 3. Meshech Chochma, Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk Hashem had revealed Himself clearly and miraculously to Am Yisrael, in a way that their natural freedom of choice ceased, and their soul was overwhelmed by encountering the Divine presence. This had created an atmosphere in which they were virtually forced to obey Hashem just as the Angels do, and they witnessed that the existence of all creatures depends solely on the acceptance of the Torah.
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· How does the Meshech Chochma explain the fact the Bnei Yisrael’s freedom of choice ceased?
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· What, according to the Midrash, is the message of independence of Purim?
4. מס' חולין קלט: "אסתר מן התורה מנין? ואנכי הסתר אסתיר… ". | 4. Talmud Bavli, Chulin 139b How do we derive Esther from the Torah? in the Torah it says (Devarim 31:18) “Anochi haster asteer”, I am the Lord who will surely conceal. (“asteer”, I will hide, is written with the same letters as ‘Esther’.)
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· What does the Midrash mean by implying that the source of Esther in the Torah is in Hashem’s hiding?
· In what sense is Hashem hiding from us in the story of the Megilla? What does that mean?
5. מהר"ל, אור חדש כי לעתיד יהיה שעבוד מלכויות עיקר, ויציאת מצרים טפל ולפיכך כל המועדים אשר הם זכר ליציאת מצרים בלבד והם טפלים לשעבוד מלכויות, שייך לומר שיהיה ביטול למועדים, כאשר אינם עיקר, אבל פורים אינו זכר ליציאת מצרים – דבר זה לא יהיה בטל | 5. Maharal, Or Chadash Because in the future, Israeli independence will be regarded of first importance, and the exiting of Egypt secondary importance, therefore it is possible to say that all the festivals that are celebrated in remembrance of the exiting of Egypt, will be void, as they are not of main importance. But rather Purim, which is not celebrated in memory of the exiting of |
· How does the Maharal explain the canceling of the Chagim in the future?
· Why, according to the Maharal, will Purim not be cancelled? What is the difference between Purim and the other Chagim?
6. רב קוק, עולת ראי"ה תמ וע"כ יש לומר, דהאי טעמא דמלאכה לא קבלו עלייהו בפורים, דכהיום אין הגשמי מתנגד לרוחני. ע"כ בכל יו"ט, שעיקר התכלית של כולם שיהיה מקרא קודש להתענג על ה', לא יתכן להיות עסוק במלאכות חול… משא"כ היום שנהפכה הקללה לברכה, ואפילו עסוק במלאכה שם הוא מוצא אור הקדושה… ע"כ האור מגולה ע"י המגילה . | 6. Rav Kook, Olat Reiyah 440 The reason why labor is permitted on Purim is that there is no contradiction on this day between the material world and the spiritual world, and therefore usually on Yom Tov, where the goal is to take pleasure in God’s presence it’s impossible to accomplish that while dealing with worldly matters… This is not so on Purim, when the curse transformed into blessing, even by dealing with a secular work we can find the light of sacredness |
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· Based on the sources studied above, in what sense is Purim an expression of independence?
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