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PURIM: Book of Esther #3 - 180 Day Lavish Banquet
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In depth learning of the Megillat Esther - verse by verse, Rabbi Eli Benveniste takes us on a journey revealing the Secrets Behind The Text of the Book of Esther - Primarily based on the classic works and teachings of the Vilna Gaon - This is Class #3 - The 180 Day ShowOff Party of King Achashverosh. To buy the book of Esther Hebrew with English translation and commentaries https://amzn.to/3Y2rmri #Purim #JewishHoliday #Esther
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they were the result tellers there were
two reasons why Haman was allowed to
make this xera in the first place right
nothing happens over here and as it
happens upstairs first the Xavier came
in a shame why did Xavier come in ashram
why was it made in shiman
excuse me
two reasons one is because I'll say in
the time we never had netsa decades ago
he built a huge Idol huge Idol a few
stories high and he commanded the entire
world he was a king of the world
to bow down to this Idol to pay homage
to him not as of other Zora it wasn't
idle worship but you know he's the king
of the world the universe bow down this
Idol as show respect for him and we said
he was the most ferocious King that ever
lived because I'll say that no one
smiled when he was in reign my father
mentioned last week like in communist
Russia yeah no one Smiles no one's
smiling communist Russia people
petrified rather KGB agents everywhere
people were scared to speak no one
smiled they were scared to death rather
than going to send a Siberia any minute
it was the same idea everyone was
petrified
and there were some Jewish people that
bowed down now in their minds they had
no intention about the Zara and they
said whatever it was but it it had a
Hint it smelled of Avatar it was Hashem
the Jewish people were bowed down to
this what looked like an idol even if it
wasn't an idol it looked like it was
Hashem they shouldn't have done it
that's number one
number two
walls which we're going to see hope
we're going to see not maybe today was
the the the second party this part we
discussing now is the first party the
second party through for the people in
shushan it is a special party for the
local people in sushant yeah
and there were 18 500 Jewish people into
this party yeah that's a lot of people
that's what that's what I'll say 18 500
and modern
knew that it was wrong
why again in the major says that hamon
had it in for the Jewish people and even
though he was Missouri and Malik who
officially denied hashem's existence but
he knew that he wouldn't be able to do
anything unless in shamaim their God
they was angry with them yeah and he
said in one of the parties we've already
mentioned over here something behind
closed doors yeah
he said look you know um you know you're
throwing this party anyway and I think
you know by inviting everyone he said
make sure that you know in the in the
men's section they had so you know had
separated they were quite religious in
those days in the men's section
first we'll make sure the Jews can
comment so kosher everything's good the
best sharing whatever you want nice you
know Hasidic music in the background
makes it all nice for them but send in
modest women as waitresses around the
Jewish men and it's going to cause them
to have impure thoughts
that's going to for sure Hashem hates
immorality that God hates morality and
then you then we can do what we want he
knew he was quite astute right hold on
that's what he says
knew about this
he realized this and he was a gadola he
was from the Sanhedrin right he was a
godola door he told them not to go
and they said well why it's kosher and
again because you have to you know
what's going to look like if all the
Jews decision don't turn out I'm telling
you not go they were like you know
where's it say in the Torah you know
these questions are where where does it
say rubber the president's coming to
their town and he's throwing a party and
they're making it costs what's the
problem he's I'm telling it wrong and
they didn't listen to God
I'm going to see it that's also part of
it but the Nevada but they went and they
the Gamora says they wait they drank
they got drunk and they they ruined
themselves they did they had they had
these thoughts and and they and and they
went up to and the Satan went up
to Accord and said look I mean these two
Jewish people you don't need them
destroy them get rid of them they're not
doing what you're supposed to be doing
right first they bow down this Idol
Hashem the whole purpose of the universe
is called
Hashem get rid of them
says that the major says Hashem says but
I gave the turret to Jewish people right
and we know once the Torah The World
Won't exist without the Torah there's no
people learning the Torah the World's
Gonna cease to exist Satan said okay
fine you know the Lord you've got many
other worlds destroy the whole world
what do you care
so the sultan was waiting to wipe out
the whole world now Elian Novi this is
got wind of this and he went running to
moshrabenu he went to mosha band the
motion when he wake up he said what they
said you always there to save the Jewish
people from The Times They called Taurus
look what's going on there's Xavier of
annihilation of the Jewish people
said to him tell me was the xero signed
in blood or in cement
and come back to me he checked it was in
cement he said okay there's hope
is there a tadiq like a pure tonic a
real Italian God lador who's 100 pure
the Shem shemaim still around the Jewish
people
and he said yeah he said he said go and
tell him
go and tell him what's going on right
now this was this is all happened don't
there's no mention this anywhere right
this is all going on we haven't come to
this it comes in you know if you proc
him when we're going to see him
goes out into the town crying out you
know everyone to do sugar he knew about
this beforehand yeah he knew all about
this he knew about this before and he
knew what was going on
why am I mentioning this because we said
this is the principle of the refuel Maca
Hashem always prepared the Salvation
before the the punishment even though we
did something wrong that we need to be
punished for by Hashem give us a chance
to do teshuva one was
Hashem wanted her to be there but there
were two problems over here one was
Esther was Jewish
was Arabian anti-semite and two we just
said that was married to vashti for a
reason
because he wanted to give the Royal air
so there's no reason the world wise and
get rid of it doesn't make any sense not
politically not for any reason okay
yeah this is very important background
information now
let's go into him says in the pursuit in
the third year
the third year we said well I made this
party
says are the ministers right the chief
and avadhav are were his servants I mean
the servant in the palace
in the Army Chiefs Etc
okay
this is
and all the heads of state in front of
him says the heads of state was sitting
with some big huge round table whatever
they were sitting on yeah all the heads
of States 127 countries
and they were literally near him but he
mentioned the sarava Avada first says
he needed them he wanted to understand
the people his government his people he
want to make sure they're on his side
yeah this is you have to hear what's
going on over it's very the law of the
maneuvering going on yeah he had raised
had he had a certain plan over here on
the other hand he wanted to whine and
dine all these heads of state to show
off show he was powerful sure he was
great but they were further away so he
had this party now right for this for
this for this purpose now
um the next person
um
now there are three questions
in one Fell Swoop
it says
which means as as he showed in this he
made this party and in the party he
showed now the minigun says surely he
threw the party in order to show off
this wealth that's what he wanted to do
he was trying to show off his wealth
right we said he wanted to show how
great he was so why did he say he throw
this party for all the heads of state
Etc
as and as he was in in the party he
showed all this this wealth
he in all that was the reason why I did
it Why didn't it say that's why he did
it that's number one number two
it says it was 180 days so why does it
say yamim
why does it say many days it says 180
days you can work out that's a half over
you know half a year right almost half a
year months and months of partying so
you can say he showed off all his wealth
for 180 days obviously it's many days
why does it say many days and in any way
it says we're going to go on what's this
number 180 right why 180 days 990 days
200 days you know 40 days you know
what's what's 180 days
so he says another
Nebuchadnezzar went around Conquering
the world right he captured all the
kings he tortured them and he stole not
just all the the wealth of each country
each country had its Museum pieces you
know these things are going backwards
and you know Treasures you know
beautiful works of art
and he stole all of this all of it and
he had
1080 of these like special exhibits
these special Treasures right with gold
it was Art whatever it was 1080.
towards his death as Roberta put it they
had this very philosophical thought he's
going to die he thought you know he's
going to die one day
why should anyone enjoy all these
Treasures not even their own son is
Russia you understand why should his son
enjoy it he had it in his lifetime no
one else should enjoy it
so he got
special copper Smiths to build copper
boats boats from copper right on the
near the Euphrates River
and then he had them like make a break
like a dam there was a dam he opened up
from the Euphrates he had a deep pit dug
and it flooded like a canal made a canal
but very very deep and you never saw a
bronze boat float
no this sank right I mean the sank was
all sealed he died a happy man went to
gehind them and had a nice time over
there yeah very good so now korish
um who took over from madai from
session I could be I don't know maybe
anything I need them and and
um so it says koresh who in his time
took over from Buffalo and they allowed
the Jewish people to go back they used
to try and build the center for second
bedroom
in as a reward for that Hashem revealed
to him
these 1080 treasures and it came out
from the water and he took it
inherited that from koresh he was a king
he was very wealthy he became fabulously
wealthy right
okay that's that's the that's that's the
Ghazal now obviously we said he wanted
to show off now it's a bit nebby as I
say you know to come and say hey I'm
inviting all the heads of state to show
off all my wealth doesn't look good like
no see-through you know what I'm saying
there's a bit it doesn't look good so if
he said I'm throwing a worldwide Bank
banquet yeah I mean a massive party I'm
invited in the heads of state and all
that Mike I was chief of staff and army
all my Minister's gonna be there in my
new Palace in shushan on my new throne
King he was a king Universe throwing a
party he invited us you know no reason
not to come and party right they say any
rich I mean the reason for a party
very good so he threw the party so
that's why he says and during the party
he showed his wealth he the reason he
wanted to just do it for the wealth but
he couldn't do it like that right so
that was his mind plan now
it says this is unbelievable it says
that's three
at six well there's six Expressions he
showed off the the wealth of the honor
of his monarchy which is doing a loose
translation
the the Grandeur and the beauty of his
greatness okay we're gonna describe that
in a minute what that means
foreign
this is to show
there were six Treasures he showed every
day yamim which you said why is it you
know redundant it meant to say every day
he showed six Treasures
six times 1080 yeah sorry
divided by 1080 is
hence 180 days because he wanted to show
off six of these Treasures
every day so it's in order to get that
by the time he had to show off 1080 it
worked 180 days that's why it was so
much right and that's what he says over
here now we have to we have to finish
over here today but we're gonna next
week we'll explain the next party and
the Grandeur of the next party was
something which you can't even imagine
okay