Purim: The Hidden Story of Queen Esther - Rabbi Avraham Reisman

[Music] the Tama tells us that because Queen Esther had a special role in The Miracle of Purim therefore women have a special connection to the Mitzvah which are related to Pur we see how Central Queen Esther was in the miracle of puran because the Milla which we read on purm is called M and the fast which precedes purm is called Tinus Esther so we see that everything revolves around Esther and her role in the PO Story the translation of M EST is sort of anomaly migil means to reveal and EST means to hide so what is it is it revealing or is it hiding so usually this is explained that the story and the Milla of Esther reveals The Hidden Hand of God in running the world but I want to give a different explanation as to why it's called meil EST the revealing of the Hidden I propose to say thatat EST means that Esther revealed the hidden Powers the hidden forces the hidden motivations that the people around her had a sort of mental jiujitsu just as jiujitsu uses the weight and the force of the enemies against them so too Esther knew how to use the drives and the desires of the people around her in in order to accomplish her desired results we are taught that a woman has what is called B what does Bina y mean that she has a special insight into the Dynamics of things to be able to understand what are going to be the results of these actions and these situations the rabbis also tell us another aspect of a woman's special characteristics is that she can recognize the character of guests of people that are around her more than men can and to know what the qualities and the characteristics of these people are Now esther understood that H craved power craved honor she also understood that aashish was paranoid and was afraid of losing his crown his throne and therefore she used this understanding by building up hon giving him a feeling that she's on his side and building up his ego and at the same time she also got to feel uncomfortable and to feel intimidated and then when she put Clash these two things together she gained her desired result the destruction of homon and the sympathy of a and she was able to use the sympathy of a to save of the Jewish people this is something which we have to take in our everyday life a woman is constantly within the family framework dealing with different forces different drives different needs the capability that she has to be able to discern and understand these drives and the attempt to utilize each of these drives and give them their proper uh Outlet would make for Harmony and a more beautiful atmosphere within the home every individual in his everyday life in the community at work he's also constantly working with different people who have different desires and he's not always in control as to how to deal with these problems if he understands what they are and uses those powers to his Advantage he too will also have a better and more happy life the lesson of purm is one should analyze the situation understand it not try to overcome it with good Force but rather through understanding and through empathy to be able to have true Harmony and true love within the community and within the family this is what we say when we say the Jewish people through the miracle of received light they received happiness they received rejoice and they receive received honor I hope we all should be able to learn this from the message of Pur [Music] [Applause]