The Joy of Incompletion - Rabbi Mordechai Burg

gemara tells us that one of the reasons why perhaps we don't say Halal Purim is because we remain Servants of the hashmirush and that's why we don't say how because at the end of the day there was not a complete redemption in contrast to pesach where we actually left mitzrayim here we remain Servants of and so we can ask ourselves the question so what are we celebrating why do we have this amazing day called Purim one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar at the end of the day the Redemption was incomplete think that even though they remain in a state of servitude to the akashviruses of their lives there's nothing to celebrate yesterday have come so far Hashem I'm doing so much but at the end of the day I still struggle with this and I still struggle with that I'm a slave to this desire I'm a slave to that I feel like I'm addicted to this I feel like I'm addicted to that so what could I possibly celebrate Purim comes to teach us that there's joy Even in our state of incompletion that the incompletion itself is beautiful and it's meant to be celebrated and the fact that we could find our godliness the fact that we could find our schlemus within the imperfections of Our Lives the fact that we can celebrate small victories and even major victories but not complete victories is a part of what it means to be a Jew so many of us are All or Nothing type of Jews if we're not doing everything perfectly if we're not happening with a minion three times a day if we're not learning as much as we could if we're not dressing as sneeze as we could if we're not acting as modestly as we could so then we think to ourselves what am I already I'm incomplete what's the point and then we start to question is this really me and who am I Purim comes to teach us it's not what it's about celebrate the beauty of incompletion thank you [Music]