From Ge'ulah to Ge'ulah: The Reciprocal Purim and Pesach (Passover) Relationship By Rabbi Avi Herzog

good morning it's nice to see all of you this morning twice I have the privilege as you are obviously aware of uh filling in for Rabbi Manning uh both this weekend uh last week um as I had the privilege to do so we all woke up this morning to the wonderful news I'm assuming we all saw it of the not just release of two H hostages but the it deserves a round of applause but the rescue of of two hostages on the part of the IDF um at the same time I'm only going to speak for myself obviously it's still a mixed blessing with mixed emotions because of all of those that a have not been released and unfortunately those hostages that have not survived and of course all of our Kim and others that are literally risking their lives some of them never living to tell the story of what they experienced too many of them one is too many but at the same time this is an incredible incredible nce um and I really believe that our shiur this morning will touch upon this very idea that while um excuse me that while creates I use that term intentionally creates n for us literally on the ground provides us with n at the same time the expectation seems to be that we too like these individuals did in AA like this did of the IDF that we must take our own initiative our relationship with is a two-way street and that Segways directly into the topic of our sh this morning from gim to G P the reciprocal puim and PES relationship were it not for the fact that this year Hadad would not were it not for the fact that this year uh were a leaper then puim would be in 2 weeks and PES don't want to freak you out would be in 6 weeks don't worry it's in 10 weeks so you can start freaking out in a month because then it will only be six weeks away the two are intrinsically tied because both of them of course p and puim center around the theme of G the theme of redemption they are so intrinsically tied that kazal tied them together beyond that the question will arise is the connection even deeper and if so how we will begin this morning with a statement in the mishna we will then introduce a further discussion of that in the gimar we will go through that together to understand that to pick that apart a little bit then from there I intend to raise with you four uh questions what I call the man of puim a little bit of a disclaimer two years ago right here on at this very spot um I gave this or which I indeed titled the Manish of Pim or the four questions of Pim or something along those lines this piece of it is an excerpt from that particular shiur if we have time we will then see to me what is such a a beautiful quote from R Ellie shinefeld the rav it's on your sheet as well the rav of where my wife and I are privileged to be members I know him intimately he is one of the most special individuals I have ever met period And I do not say that lightly and then if we have even more time if not it will simply be on your sheet for you to read if you wish for your own perusal at your own time another beautiful Insight that I saw online Yesterday by a gentleman named harab Abraham mamed not the more famous harab malam I do not know if any of you do please tell me afterwards or now who this har Abraham late is I tried to research it I asked a couple of friends that I thought may be in the no and they were not but I found him on the on just on a website I was as I was doing a bit of a search late yesterday evening and um his thought came up as well I mentioned that both Pim and P are of course connected thematically but let's take a look in the mishna as just how they are tied together halachically we have to keep in mind that one once upon a time in a g Oh wrong Story Once Upon a Time before we had a fixed calendar Pim excuse me Adar was became a Adar was doubled at the very last minute possible or putting it another way it is by Dent of the fact that it was understood that petak would be too early on the calendar on the solar calendar that an additional month was needed to be added to the lunar calendar our calendar in order that P can be in the spring or putting it another way Ines or putting it another way the Tor as was just pointed out by Rabbi saffrin mandates that P must be because the Exodus was during during the Spring the issue is the season of course are governed by the sun our calendar is not it's governed solely by the moon except when we need to bend and to bow to the not to bow to the sun because that's but you got the expression yes to bow to the solar calendar in order that P will be that's where comes in whenever there was an adjustment that was necessary for the for for calendarical purposes or necessary for for example Kat T purposes which also relates to the calendar and I've discussed this here at the U Center in detail in the past and other shim it was always done at the last minute possible in order to not create confusion in other words there was no printed calendar there was no printing in general so people wouldn't know what month it was if we were to go ahead if 18 were to go ahead and double up another month so they waited until the month immediately prior to immediately preceding it and they doubled up the month of Adar now keep in mind something it is now a few thousand years ago it is let's say 2,000 years ago it is Adar Ron the month that we just introduced and we just announced this past Shabbat excuse me I suppose to shabbat out too we celebrated rodes this past Friday and Shabbat and we're all assuming that puim is going to be in about a week and a half from now and then it turns out oh wait a moment betin actually announced that there is going to be an Adar second Adar this year that's when it transpired so puim was already celebrated and suddenly we heard about the fact that oh wait a minute next month is Adar Shen next month is the Adar before P so what do we do do we re celebrate puim especially when it comes to reading of the Mig deals with let's take a look and so the Mish tells us as follows let's say that the Miga was read people read the Miga on in the first month ofar that's this month but again we're living now 2,000 years ago and there was no fixed calendar and then after the fact literally means the year became impregnated a sh I or a leap year really means a pregnant year because there's an extra 13th month added on uh now that doesn't mean in any way shape or form that those of you in this room women that have given birth in the past have to worry that in some future generation a pregnancy will be 10 months and not nine but we get the general idea that was a joke that felt completely flat but we get the general idea and that is that the year is pregnated because impregnated or pregnant because there is an additional month that happened after kareim what do we what's and the answer is we read the again the following month the question does arise what about the other are all of those also a requirement to be doubled up the second month or not May one do so obviously you can give presents any time but the question becomes from a perspective is it even a we'll call it a r is it okay to make an additional the answer is to all three of those it is but from a perspective is it required in the second month that's debated but one thing is for sure and that is that M must be read again in the second ad now the question becomes why what is the reasoning behind it and so the goes on to tell us that first of all arish while it's recorded as a flat as a statement an statement or a mandate it didn't begin as such it began because we're Jews it began as a m it began with a disagreement we wake up in the morning and the first thing we do on our on the first item that we that we see on our list after of course we wash up and get dressed and Davin is what argument do I start today and whom do I start it with so I actually had one it wasn't an argument but on my way here I take I take two buses from gatev I'm waiting for the second bus the bus the 71 um is pulling up atot if you're familiar with the Stop and I'm waiting for the bus the bus comes to a stop the Door's in front of me I don't care if I'm on first or on last what do I care door's right in front of me I'm approaching this store a gentleman comes this way and he pushes me very hard out of the way and I said that's rule number one people don't push people I don't care if you're Israeli if you're a gentleman or a gentle woman or you're a human being you don't push other people especially when he entered the same bus as I did just one door in front of me so there was no reason why he had to push me so no real argument ensued it could have become one that I would have stayed out of but in any event we're Jews we disagree some people feel it's okay to push some people feel no you don't push people I like to uh I'm proud of the fact that I am a member of the of the second view but this began as a and the tells us as follows in the name of RAB is like raim who happen to have said it in the name of rabi there are a lot of names there and according to is as follows excuse me is as is recorded in the M goes on to say both opinions meaning the opinion that we do not re celebrate puim in the second Adar because it was celebrated properly in the first Adar and that is its place that it should be in Adar not in and the other view the prevalent view the one that is recorded in the Mish as the both are derived from the same and that is that in M we are told that puim must be celebrated every year sh I have that except for you towards the bottom of the first page if you care to take a look at it the very last words from just I believe two sources down every year understood by Kaz to have very to have several different manifestations of every single year it must be celebrated the same way so how does that connect to this debate very simple r that opinion in every year that in every year Puri must be celebrated at the same time or in the same month it can't be in the same month if there are two ad since every year meaning in a normative year when it there is when it is not doubled up when it is not is always celebrated m is always read in the month of Adar which follows the month of shat right afan here too in a in year is to be celebrated or the Mig is to be read in the that it follows on the heels of the month ofat he simply holds or is of the opinion that it's the other way around just like I'm just paraphrasing here just like every other year we celebrate that is just supposed or is placed next to Nissan in this case immediately preceding the month of Nissan he's looking forward that's a whole uh beautiful thought on its own looking forward as opposed to Looking Backward that's not where we're going this morning but one could take that direction if they wish to here too in a leap year the must be read in the immediately preceding Nissan if it turns out that the Mig was already read in and then it was announced by the bait Dean by the court that puim will indeed take place in or excuse me that there will indeed be a second Adar then Mig must be read again in the second Adar so that it is read in the month immediately preceding the month of Nissan okay then the goes on to explain one explanation that is offered of rabi rosi explains that the reason why the first opinion um excuse me the reason for the first opinion that the migil is read in the first Adar as opposed to the second is because of a general rule an umbrella rule an important rule in we do not pass over if we have the opportunity to perform a literally app play on the word don't let it become now that's interesting for our purposes because the source of is the that you are to guard them to make sure they don't become and the wording therefore of the victim is as I mentioned from the word I'm sorry don't don't right don't do not allow it to become do not allow it to Le meaning if you have the opportunity to perform aah don't delay do it right away so that's the general rule that is why when possible should be done earlier in the morning as opposed to later in the day so that the new baby begins his life with this idea instilled in him whatever that may or may not mean that we don't delay when we have the opportunity to perform or in general that procrastination is not is usually not the best uh the best approach to take even though I happen to be the master of uh of procrastination in any event what about the other reasoning the logic that is followed in the mishna the answer is and I highlighted this for you yes we have this General principle but sometimes we will override a general principle even when it comes to From perspective because of because of a specific reasoning that applies in a specific case here in this particular case meaning the ju position the placing together of the of which celebrates which celebrates our Redemption next to in the month immediately preceding PES which also of course is a celebration not also but is the ultimate celebration of the ultimate G at least in the in biblical times in the time of the Tor that supersedes the general rule of the general rule of and therefore must be celebrated or the must be read in the in the um month immediately preceeding the month of Nissan okay any questions yes it seems to me that when is when right you're saying the case presented is retroactive and you can't apply it going backward retroactively that's a very good point except this particular opinion is that this is the way that it should be in other words let's say we were to know in advance that there's going to be a second Adar let's say today with the fixed calendar okay while we celebrate in this approach which is no P should be celebrated in even in advance that that is at the outset and that is why if it so happens that after pit was announced we follow that approach because that is the proper approach in any event okay okay very good so why don't we do it today the is that the rule of takes precedence over suedes the general umbrella the general idea of um of okay all right very good what I would like to do now is to as I mentioned before raise four questions um relating to uh Mig EST and I believe that these questions I call it the Manish just to be cute of course and to tie them together in my in my own I don't know weird brain way but in in any of um I believe this will help us develop further or share an even further insight into this idea of being so let's take a look there are two stories that are told in the gar Esther was a very very powerful woman theim that she went to learned their lesson and that is that you listen to Esther because if you don't listen to Esther you're going to end up listening to her anyway you might as well listen at the outset so you have time to binge on Netflix later on in the evening cuz she ain't budging until she gets her way let's take a look the story happened already and Esther wants this to be established as a for all future Generations so she sent them the following message establish me for future Generations make me a like the other but of course it's not going to be a it's going to be a level as opposed to a Torah or God mandated by definition this is a KAG that would be instituted if Esther were to have her way and she will of course by the they answered back to her you know what maybe perhaps they're thinking or even said to her we like the idea but strategically it's not a good one why doing so will arouse jealousy between us and the other peoples the other nations in other words while we are celebrating our Victory by definition the opposition will see it as celebrating their downfall now remember we go out of our way on which is directly intrinsically related toim as we already saw by spilling some blood when we recite the why because of the if not coined by Dav then certainly incorporated into when your o when your enemy Falls literally do not rejoice we can rejoice in our Salvation we always have to be mindful of the fact that people died it's also one of the reasons given one of two reasons given for the fact that on p through the end of PES even we only recite correct only recite only recite what we'll call the half Hal it's really the full minus two paragraphs so it's we recite the much larger half if there is such a thing why so the reason given in in um in the in the standard the is a different reason recorded is because my Creations yeah they're the Egyptians yeah they pursued you sure yeah they enslaved you but they're my creatures I created them they're human beings too they're drowning in the sea and you the malim want to sing what's the matter with you how can you be so insensitive on the other hand how can you how can God be so insensitive to the need God forbid to the need to sing and to thank him and so a compromise was put in place of course we thank God but we kind of mitigate it we we just push it back we take it a step back just a little bit because we have to always be mindful that people died in any event they then sent to her this is not a good idea it's not going to go down well if we were to Institute this sh she sent back to them yeah you would be right except for one thing they have it in their own recordings in their own recordings in their own journals my story our story is already recorded they know know the story now this is the end of the story the way that the gar presents it my guess is that they went back and forth more because they probably or could have easily sat her I'm assuming they did yeah it's one thing for something to be written and stored away uh you know on their bookshelves it's another thing to for it to be literally in your face by celebrating in the streets but in any event she gets her way is's another story and in this story it's not K uni establish me it's Ki it's record me for all future Generations in other words canonize me make my story a part of tanak what we will call today the book of EST saer EST or melat EST and they answered back to her instead of going through this inside I'm just going to paraphrase is there is a pasuk in a completely different context which on aat level is not referring to this idea at all but it can be understood to mean that when it comes com to a recording of any War we had with Amal or his descendants there can only be three recordings so let's take a look the First Recording we have do not worry about the source for now because of a lack of time the First Recording we have is what we read on pu morning that we read just a few weeks ago in parat BO Bish end Bish in the aftermath of the of theam of aashir the splitting of the sea when Amal came in they attacked us the second recording by the first reasoning of theim is when that same war is re-recorded at the end of the Torah what we will call Z what we read on theah to remember what amalik did to us when they attacked us 39 years prior that's two recordings the third recording is a story with Amal in the time of shauli and that entire um that entire played out story there that is discussed in detail that's already three I apologize that's already three recordings for one moment please that's already three recordings there is no room for a fourth so sorry Ester well maybe we would like to our hands are tied we cannot canonize you I'm sorry I apologize King Saul oh so heing I'm sorry if I Saida I miss I misspoke and I was yeah um that's a very good point thank you I had a chance to correct myself because I'm being recorded so yes thank you okay very good so we can't and then the source goes on to say the goes on to Sayo until they found which means they're clearly going out of their way to try to accommodate her either because Esther was pushing back or they realized we she's correct we want to accommodate her without her pushing back and then they realize wait a second the first two sources they're one in the same story is about the same war that happened 39 years earlier that can count as one so the story of sha thank you is two and then there's room for yours and so she gets canonized and we read migil stare every year the question becomes why was Esther so adamant why it's my question why was she so insistent there have been other salvations of am Israel Esther stepped up to the plate and said we need to make a big deal out of of this why why such a big deal I'm going to skip question number two for now let's take a look at um what I labeled as question number three if your format is the same as mine then on the bottom of the page it will say question three in the heading um of the excerpt and then the quote will be on page two I'm not sure if yours is the same as mine but it's Al in um in um in m and there we are told we are to establish these days of PIM in future Generations what we just discussed was some of the backstory as to how they actually came about the details that are not included in the gilat on the 14th and on the 15th meaning cities that are unwalled cities celebrate on the 14th since on the 15th we know the history they fought an additional day in shushan just like shushan was a fortified or a wall City therefore all cities that are fortified also celebrate on the 15th on on the 15th because they fought another day I think I may have been spoken a moment ago the initial war was on the 13th and then the war was over virtually everywhere until the following day they celebrated except for inan AOS gave EST permission to continue fighting for another day on the 14th and therefore they only celebrated on the 15th and that is what is done every single year in wall cities goes on to say to replicate what was done that particular year as I meaning as I just pointed out and then in the middle of line two has the same same root where there a word the song We Sing V that's also a cro from just aim away the month that was switched or changed from y from sadness to to rejoicing from morning literally morning to to make them it is a mandate to make these days and and I challenge you to find another and we all know you're not going to find on don't even bother looking where we have this where we have this of sharing gifts with one another and because we're Jews we share food as opposed to other gifts I challenge you to find another in which we have this institution of something along lines of yes there's give every day the closest we can come to is the other that we're discussing this morning is exactly right is also referred to in in Aramaic as literally meaning flower for P or providing for and of course the and the other needs for the meal for to be able to have the this what we'll call the say there of P that's in advance in order to be able to celebrate that but the idea of giving out on the day itself that are looking forward to we only find it by when it comes to there are or were only two now one could argue that we have more but and in a way they're parallel there's no that one must have a mish one must have a sud A F of meuk and yet Esther and Mori put their heads together and they said okay but on puim we are going to it's really quite fascinating and the question of course becomes why what were they getting at and again why were they so adamant and the the fourth question derives from the very last pasuk of migil or the last parak now to be sure the um the I was about to say pagination that's the wrong word the chapter and verse that we have are not our own just to make sure that we're aware of this historically I believe we all may be that came later it is Christian origin or at least printing presses in origin the chapters and verses that we have today so this idea of there being a perek yud of chapter 10 as opposed to Simply being a postcript to chapter 9 or being a part of chapter 9 that is not Jewish in its origin but either way of course we refer to per and pasuk because there never was and is no better system in place and that's why perak and pasuk are always what I refer to literally chapter and verse even though they're not Jewish in origin peraka the way that we have it is simply a few and tells us as follows placed a m placed aack in other words now that the war was over now that the Jews were saved now that this episode is over life resumed life went back to what here in we call the life went back to normal everyday living the greatness of all of that is recorded in The Chronicles of the kings of M which we know that Esther used this factoid Esther used in her argument with the based on the explanation that we saw in the gar and then we find a fascinating pasuk and to me and I'm not the only one that raise this issue this question is this pasuk number one seems out of place number two doesn't it's completely unnecessary it's completely Superfluous the could have ended there and these tsim that we just read could have been the conclusion of paret the conclusion of the entirety of the M of M and yet we find the following this is the culmination after all or maybe because however you want to translate that word he was second in command to King yes which can be translated as he was a great Jew or great for the Jews I bolded these words for you these words are um these words are um explained in further detail and picked apart in detail in the he was accepted by and wanted desired by literally Ro a majority of his Brethren so the gar says a majority is opposed to all of them because some people were opposed to morai because he refused to bow down and they blamed him for the whole for the whole episode with the war for the ensuing war that transpired in the first place had he bowed down then none of this would have happened Etc D to he sought good for his people Shalom and he spoke of Peace for all of his seed for all of his future Generations what's that doing there what do we need it for so I would like to suggest that what Esther is presenting here what Mori is presenting here M what all the various text that we saw are presenting to us is that there's an underlying theme and that theme is the key maybe we picked up on it already but that theme is the key to our success it was the key to our success in the story of Esther it was the key to our success and our deliverance into freedom to our our Redemption going back to the story of P literally the position of and it is a key to our survival to Our Success whenever we as an AM are in diet Straits namely that we must be an am and not split apart and not be splintered Esther understood that it is not enough for the story to have taken place and for it to Sur and for us to have survived because what good will that do when that is just shelved and even if it's recorded and literally shelled what good will that do if we're not reminded of that every single year year in and year out that if there ever comes a situation akin to the situation we meaning Ester and morai found ourselves in if it ever is to arise again like literally today as we are S as we are sitting here privileged to learn and the u center we must remember that the key is the key is Unity is an incredible incredible slogan and it's really on the mark and we see it everywhere our challenge is to make sure that it remains much more than just slogan when this war is IM M over soon to take that and to remind ourselves daily that that has to be our attitude in order to have you forgive me but people don't push people they treat each other and that's why I introduced that um that little factoy that little episode with me from this morning we treat each other with respect and we can be different with kindness I'm sorry kindness also basic kindness thank you basic human kindness human decency we don't have to be on the same page we don't even have to be in the same location and we don't even have to be celebrating Pim on the same day in order for for us to be instilled and to constantly remind ourselves of this idea that we are in this together and all of our questions will fall by the wayside if we just think about this for a moment working backwards Cally Mor the last points out he was not everybody was in favor of him there were many people that blamed him what there weren't other greats great around that did bow down to H he's the sole individual that didn't bow down M you crazy you are endangering Our Lives the lives of you're threatening any future of Isel have you lost your mind there are many that felt that way perhaps rightfully so but the basuk reminds us of something that may be true who knows maybe he blew it maybe but just remember the beginning of the that's number one his heart was in the right place we all make mistakes I'm not saying he did but even had he made a mistake a grave error look where his heart was the end of the this is how the M ends he sought after the good of his people V Shalom and he spoke of Peace then M ends that way I believe in order for us to understand that even even if was onlyu and not not to all of his Brethren he wasn't loved by everybody for the reasons that we mentioned which really are pretty obvious at the same time keep in mind what he set out to accomplish working backwards M as um Rabbi Udin schita of fairon New Jersey my wife and I lived in fairon for 24 years um would say you're in and year out from the pulpit don't just give mishma not to your best friends do give them to and give through the SCH project and he would add that every year too and he would smile because he was the Rev of the sh and of course the SCH made a lot of money after M project and he had to say it but or maybe he didn't have to but in any event he made a point of saying you know the person down the block that has a manora in their window and therefore you think they might be Jewish because who knows these days especially in America give them is man the person you're no longer on speaking terms with that happened so long ago you don't recall why you're not speaking to each other go out of your way to give that is it uncomfortable you bet it's uncomfortable but if we don't do that we're missing the idea behind giving Mish out in the first place then of course speaks for itself and so does this idea of mish this idea of sitting down together for a meal of joining together as much as we possibly can even if you're at work and you're sitting in your little cubicle do something to remind yourself of the fact that this might literally be my meal that I'm eating by myself and taking a quick time- minute break from work but keep in mind that we are all in this together there's something special about that about that all of the are center around this theme of this theme of unity the key to our survival I'm sorry Rabbi yes from Yu d i n yes Rabbi Benjamin Udin yes yes okay of congregation sh Torah okay I mentioned to you before even if we celebrate puim on two separate days because remember we began with this morning or towards the beginning that puim is celebrated on two separate days because originally by Dent of the fact that in shushan they fought for an additional day and they couldn't celebrate that day they that year celebrated on two separate days and therefore in every ensuing year we celebrate on two separate days think about that for a moment yeah it's important to recall the history okay is it important enough that we actually celebrate Pima two separate days we don't do that for any other now yes for any other there was no there was no fighting an additional day andan okay fine we read that we know the history we're sitting here 6 weeks in advance right not two because of rereading or pre-reading I suppose the story we all know the little kids in day school today learn that in Walt cities for example they celebrate Pim the following day even know Pim but to the extent that we actually celebrate on two separate days if the theme is if the theme is unity isn't that pum isn't that reverse logic shouldn't we by definition be celebrating together so let's take a look at a beautiful a beautiful beautiful Insight from harav Elli shinefeld OFA and rather than going through the IIT simply because of the time on the clock which I would love to because his his Pros is to me just so beautiful let's take a look at the translation the translation is my own why do we all Rejoice together why do we not all Rejoice together in the celebration of Pim this question takes on even greater strength in light of Esther's decree go and gather all the Jews let's take a break from this quote from from this exerpt from Ellie shinefeld for just a moment and just refresh our memories here morai told Esther right at a certain point you need to go you're the only one that is literally in Among Us you're the only one that can approach the M you need to go to your husband and say uh dear hubby um you need to know what's actually going on here and who this hamand dude is what this hamand dude is really all about and her response is yeah but it doesn't work that way and you I think she probably assumed that he knew that and and you know that I can't just go to him because if I'm not summoned and if he doesn't literally reach out his sharit his staff to me I can be killed and his response is that's right it's true would still be an AA today the two that were released if the attitude of these IDF soldiers is we can't go in it's too dangerous our lives are a risk es you're right it doesn't matter who knows that's maybe this is why you have achieved this particular position maybe this is why you became Queen maybe this is why behind the scenes who s to it that you would be here now so that you can go to him I can't you can go you might not make it go and she does and then we're we split the days and we celebrate Pim two separate days not only does she risk her life how does she respond think about it I'll go on one condition if everybody else those who are physically able fast for me for 3 days that year we're told it was 11 months before here's another connection between the two it's built into the story of puim itself they did not celebrate pesak this year they did not have theak they did not eat the those that could fasted why because Esther understood the only way that a my request can be granted for a reversal and the only way for me to be able to make it out alive literally is if we're in this together everybody else has to do their part if I do my part and everybody else is sitting back wondering and worrying and they should be worried about me no matter what of course and daving and daving is important and reciting to helium everywhere you go to make sure that I survive and that Hamman and his decree are reversed that's all fine and good what about proactively being involved not only is that better that is crucial and it must be done and on that condition I will go so now when it comes to the institution of puim we celebrate on two separate days are we crazy and so so ra Elli with my translation goes on to explain why is a holiday which symbolizes Unity more than all of the others celebrated in a split manner meaning on separate dates it would appear that this is precisely the message of the unity is a spiritual movement an inner feeling that is not dependent upon a place and time we can and we must be United even when we celebrate at different times and at different places is an inner that is not dependent on place and time and I heard RAV Ellie explain an explicate upon this idea even further um orally in the besset itself in our show and he explained that perhaps this is exactly the point of course it could have been mandated the could have simply been that everybody celebrates put him on the 14th and keeping in mind that in shushan that one year the or Orin of puim they did not yet celebrate till the following day everybody knows that but perhaps RI suggests that it was Bava intentionally that Pim was instituted to be celebrated in on two separate days yes to recall and to incorporate this historical fact the historical war in order to imbue in us the depth of this idea of AK unity and that is that we are united even when we seemingly are not as I mentioned before we can achieve even if we are in different places we can achieve even if we are coming from different angles even if we approach everything about life even our observance of differently but mindfully we are we are and we have to make sure to maintain that and when puring is celebrated on two days instead of just one perhaps just perhaps have Ellie explained that is in order to stress the point that we are to be United even when we are celebrating on two separate days that's the idea of of Ellie shinefeld any other questions or comments before we conclude okay har um Abraham yes I'm sorry we always learned that the reason for j a few other it's okay a few other locations yeah oh shushan okay I like that idea um there are a lot of reasons that are given that may be the reason you learned and that's wonderful there are there always have been other reasons in addition and this to me would be a a new um not reason necessarily but certainly a idea behind it of RI okay but thank you there are different approaches ra abah Al again I never heard the name until yesterday I have not been able to discover who this raama lamid is he's on a particular website um and I meant to I also meant to site the website for you and I inadvertently forgot to do so no do not worry we're not going to go through his text inside what he basically shows is that not only do we have this intrinsic reciprocal relationship between puim and P but it really is reciprocal I labeled my shur this morning reciprocal relationship before I saw what he writes and he basically explains that if you take the of p and the of yes of course they're both centered around the theme of G but coming at it from opposite ends from a completely different angle or if you will the flip side of a coin could be perceived of course as the ultimate certainly the primary or the in the sense of literally the first ofel emanated from God it was God who interceded and interfered on our behalf through of course theot through the sending of Moshe prior to theot through literally splitting the sea for us through delivering us that emanated from God and it's important of course to always have that reminder that this is from God and that is what makes it wondrous in our eyes the very fact that it emanates from God okay how long does that last then what we tend to forget and the way Raam puts it is B Isel just a few weeks later seven weeks later they committed at to this idea of he doesn't mention it but V the unity in their encampment har he doesn't mention that but he does mention that they were so moved that they were willing to accept the Torah and even in migil according to our Sage's understanding there's a reference back to Hari of we may be familiar with it kiuu literally that the Jews re-accepted what they had accepted back at CI at the Sinai Revelation that is true and then what just because this generation is committed and we all know this doesn't mean the next generation is committed or just because an individual is committed this year doesn't mean they'll be committed next yearim on the other hand it began with man's initiative or woman's it began with the initiative of es and of course is working behind the scenes only behind the scenes so much so as reminds us that hashem's name isn't even mentioned in migil St not even once we don't give thanks or credit to where credit is ultimately due to himself herself itself we do but only in the background as points out the of puim is a celebration or our celebration of Kim is all about a g that came about because of the initiative and through the initiative of man because it is through the initiative of man that we will constantly recall what happened anytime an individual achieves something it lasts it lasts for them and has a greater chance of lasting for their offspring for their future Generations as well there Stories We Tell of our Bubbies and our zes those are the stories that make an oppression to so so many people rightfully or wrongfully it's human nature more than the stories of you know what God did thousands of years ago and so we need both and we have this concept of so eloquently explains this idea of the Jos of the Gul that emanates from and the Gula that emanates from man both of these are key ingredients not only to our survival but both of these are key ingredients to ensuring that we will be appreciative of the G that provided for us in the first place with and then later on in the story of and in this vein if we keep in mind that the theme of AK that the key to our survival as expressed by by and incorporated into the of and in our celebrating of are the key to our survival and if we do our utmost to daily remind ourselves of yes this wonderful slogan of and together we will be victorious that we don't dare allow it to remain just a slogan that the that we began to experience with h in 1948 will continue will see us through not only this but any ensuing any ensuing trouble that we find ourselves in and AEM we will be able to thank not just as just as excuse me to thank just as we thanked him and sang at the splitting of the yam and just like we celebrate puim year in and year out that is the key to success I wish you all a wonderful day and a wonderful week we have