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Thursday, Adar 6, 5785 / March 6, 2025
The holiday of Purim which we will celebrate next week, Thursday night, March 13 & Friday, March 14, is a Rabbinic Holiday. The miracle of Purim took place close to 1000 years after the giving of the Torah. Although it is a rabbinical holiday it is a very important holiday.
Our sages say, “When the month of Adar comes we must increase in happiness.”
The reason this month is so special and happy is due to the miracle of Purim, which took place on the 14th day of this month, Adar. Although Purim is not one of the holidays mentioned in the Torah and is considered a rabbinical holiday, yet, it’s the most joyous of holidays in the Hebrew calendar.
Q. Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of the month, why is the entire month a happy month?
A. The villain Haman, who wanted to annihilate the entire Jewish nation, men, women and children, cast lots to pick the monthhis plot can succeed best. When the lot fell on the month of Adar, he was very happy. Haman said, “Now I know that I will succeed because in the month of Adar, Moshe, the great Jewish leader who brought them out of Egypt, passed away. It must be a month of bad luck for the Jewish people.
However, the reverse was the case. The Talmud tells us that what he didn’t know is that Adaris also the month in which Moshe was born. The merit of Moshe’s birth was so great that it overrode the fact that he passed away this month and Jews were saved. Because the fact that Moshe was born in the month Adar was a factor in the miracle of Purim, we are happy the entire month.
Q. G-d’s name doesn’t appear in the entire Megilah. Why?
A.“Megilat Esther" is the only book in Scriptures that does not mention G-d’s name at all! Our sages tell us that the word "Esther" comes from the root "Astir," which means to "hide." The name “Megilat Esther" alludes to the fact that G-d's presence in the Megilah is "hidden."
The story of Purim seemed like a natural outcome of Queen Esther’s influence on her husband. But in truth it was a miracle. The lesson of Purim is that we too should recognize our everyday normal events, like walking, talking, breathing, etc., as hidden miracles. Although they seem to be natural events, they too are great miracles, for which we must show our gratitude to G-d.
Here we see that the very same month which seemed to Haman to be a cause for pain and sorrow for the Jewish people, turned out to be for them a month of salvation, redemption and great joy.
Purimteaches us a very important lesson. It reminds us that what we may at times perceive as negative and harmful can, with G-d’s help, turn out to be a true blessing in disguise.
HAVE A VERY GOOD, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL DAY
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