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PURIM: Book of Esther #5 - Indulgence to Your Heart's Content
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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 #5 - Indulgence to Your Heart's Content To buy the book of Esther Hebrew with English translation and commentaries https://amzn.to/3Y2rmri #Purim #JewishHoliday #Esther
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now we we we asked we did we did last
week we started we tried to finish it
out of hay to pasook
we are three main questions over here
right in this program it says and I'll
just trans uh just say it took him out
quickly yeah what happened over here was
finding the place
after we finish this massive banquet of
180 days then the king made a party for
everyone in sushinabira for seven days
and it says there was beautiful
drapes and a beautiful place he made
their beautiful beds gold silver lots of
drink everything was fantastic and
everyone was very happy in a nutshell
right now we're gonna go super him again
now we are three main questions why did
he throw another seven day party he
listed 180 days he whined and dined the
world world leaders and everyone what'd
he do it for another thing I have the
people in shushan but they were there
anyway you understand what was he doing
that was the first question second one
was
why do we need to know all these details
we see again we're seeing a minute in
Passover it goes into extreme detail
exactly you know all the beds and the
wine and the this and that what the
tiling also the tiling yeah we mentioned
last week the floor tiling like what and
we mentioned we said this is based on
the premise of the bunagon says every
passook is coming to teach us something
to do with all the hidden Miracles that
took place so what we need we need to
know this for and the third thing was
if that's the case at least taking these
few took him together where's the hidden
Miracle where's the big thing over here
right he threw a seven day party we told
all the details everyone can drink
whatever they wanted and Nash said
everyone do what they want
sounds pretty powerful right it doesn't
sound like some big uh Big Miracle
what's the Miracles going over there now
we said again already that
Hashem right everything here like Esther
Esther mentioned hashem's names not
mentioned all the Miracles were hidden
and a lot of them were we said part of
the Intrigue you know quote-unquote is
that people were doing things or saying
things they would never would have done
and it was Hashem of turning the screws
in their brain and that's part of the
Hidden Miracles going on over here but
in these people took him
like what what was going on
they were about to yeah we haven't got
the it's going to be wait one second one
second yeah I don't know but if you can
save it he threw a party he threw a
party and cool actually there's lots of
Suki over here that didn't need to be
said do you understand just say he had a
party or anything what's this extra
seven days he had the party and the end
of 180 days you know he decided to call
her in and there was a whole bit of gun
and she got what you understand so
that's the thing now
um so again the the person hey he said
the seven days he did this party
that door down it says from the youngest
the smallest to the eldest of banging
the door down and here it says right
um and also seven days and we said
what is that we said explained it was
this was what we're about to say all
this extravagance took place in the
courtyard in front of the king's little
you know house within his beautiful
um lavish Gardens right so we're leading
up to understand this wasn't even inside
the building what we're about to
describe in pastor's was outside yeah
just to understand what's going on now
we'll come back I think we mentioned
last week but we'll put it in context in
a minute
these are the types of Russia says based
on the types of uh cloth types of fabric
very Rich pause fabric Russia explains
that there were colored Fabrics exactly
what it means I don't know exactly when
it seems they say you can say couples
with greenish turquoise
Deep Purple this very nice threads very
extravagant threads these these Fabrics
were held up
this is outside
right we're talking about huge marble
pillars I know if you actually saw that
I saw a safer I don't know if it was um
um
or someone else that went actually I
went to archaeological digs and findings
in Persia and came found
in shushan yeah they came either it was
that it was another Palace from that
that era and this is It's mind-blowing
you see some it's the pillars literally
like the end of the the the not the
circumference the radius no the radius
is like purpose of the pillars like the
longer the table do you understand
that's the Rage of the pillar and they
were sitting these marble pillars which
are like two three stories high was
sitting in these solid silver base
that's what it means
which means pure silver and gold beds
alright spot
again we said they're going to go and
explains Rashi says there were layers of
of precious stones on the floor in the
courtyard of the king here what's going
over there now the
the
women God says now
why do we need to come back to a minute
why again I'm just explaining what's
going on
now the next person which we were trying
to get to Zion says
I have
every word over here has to be explained
means and in this party he wanted to
give people to drink yeah
now
um
the will again explained what does it
mean kelim they were all different
vessels listen to this they were
disposable solid gold goblets once a
person had a drink the butler took that
drink took that cup away and brought him
another gold goblet
Jensen will talk about here we're
talking thousands just the Jewish people
above the right side I think I'll be The
Meadows there were eighteen and a half
thousand Jewish people that went to this
party that was the Jewish people in
shushan we're talking like a big party
over here and I said we're talking about
maybe 100 tens of thousand people and
each one is getting a gold Solid Gold
Cup next next next right now what
yeah it says
now the Russian RAV that means there was
a lot of it Russia says Rashi explained
it was it was Royal Wine what was Royal
about it it was in how it was given
meaning each one this is famous right it
was according to the age of the person
it was vintage wine right vintage wine
meaning according to your age 50 years
old so it can offer you something you
know 50 year old thing now the villagon
explains when it says
um
as it were the hand as given to the king
it means we're talking to each time
you're given a drink it was a new a new
goal goblet it was vintage wine
according to age there was much as you
wanted
was was the choice was given to you as
given to the king meaning would you like
Merlot Syrah pettisera Cabernet Sabino a
mix sweet dry white red to each person
and vintage in Gold couplings
it's like
no no we spoke there by already they
weren't all from there no they had to
kill him from the thing that's also we
said before we said before he he wore
the big dick and also you're right they
also made Dragon mind the majority says
that
now
um
there's the next person yeah
the drink was given according to the law
there was no forcing that Russia brings
down good morning that normally at Royal
Banquets yeah people were forced to
drink you had to you know you couldn't
just sit there it was etiquette you know
everyone raised a toast to the king yeah
and everyone has to raise their glasses
and their toast and then we have such
thing in the miracle this thing it's a
very English thing everyone rise in the
toast to the queen or the king now or
whatever yeah it's a very cultural thing
and everyone has to drink and all of it
you know what I'm saying you can't just
sip it was aim on this why
she says on every one of his
chamberlains and servants The Bakers the
chefs the Butlers he gave a command to
everyone
he made and he had banners up all around
the whole thing yeah Neon Lights
everyone do as you want whatever you
want have feel free be good yeah
everything was like unbelievable
now again I think Russia points out over
here I wouldn't say why I had to tell
you know the ones in the the waiters and
the Butlers and the the the chefs
because I suppose you know you know it
happens sometimes in certain certain
countries you know you have the boss and
when you speak the guy under them they
say I'm not only talking about sorry
come back tomorrow and you're like but I
just spoke to the nail so what I don't
care I mean I I just I do so
made sure that everyone was throwing the
line everyone was doing exactly what he
wanted now
like the law the religion it says Torah
the wine was the drink which was the
wine yeah it was according to the law of
the Torah okay no and he said
just like the Dutch that the eat
drinking is more that's why the eating
is more than the drinking that's what
God says it's very very you know cryptic
what does that supposed to mean it was
like the law of the Torah according to
the law of the Torah where food is
always more than a drink
right
says when it says
it's an amount yeah it's a volume of
liquid now
one Thirty third of a look
what's a look so evil queen that has an
ish yeah a look is 600 CC right 600
milliliters like a double can of Coke
yeah I mean whatever that's what it is
it's not so much
and it says the the drink you should
have is a 30
third one Thirty third which works out
18 CC I did I hope it works I worked on
the calculator you can tell me if it's
wrong yeah it's like nothing it's a time
like let's ensure him it's the Teeny
amount it's a teeny amount right not
even a shot what's a whiskey thing it's
not even good yeah shotgun
what's that supposed to mean and he says
but the mishnah says
you can have dry bread as much as you
want you can have as much bread as you
want you mean there's nothing fancy of
the basics have bread and salt we have
as much as you want but the drink
this much
says
we just described now right with
kadachio Torah meaning whatever we
describe to drink the food was much more
did you understand what's going on today
we described what they drank now with
all the Vintage and the amount and the
choice and this another and that was was
nothing compared to the food but nothing
compared to the amount of food the
quality the biggest Smorgasbord you ever
saw in your life times a thousand and if
it's child such a thing do you
understand like you just can't imagine
you can't imagine that the lust and the
physicality of this thing it was crazy
right
but then again when it comes and gets to
get to the point in a minute now where
are we one second we got my notes now
um
then the last thing was yeah that when
it says every every person according to
his uh he said okay it's not an issue
like we said you had these big banners
up every everyone going to his thing
okay now
let's go back to what we asked yeah we
said why did he throw this seven day
Feast this is the question we asked why
do you sort of 70 feet so the answer is
like in the words of brevity described
as Hotel he was the first Democrat to a
Democrat of a king you understand he
wanted to have everyone in his side he
already did his 180 day thing for all
the 127 countries all the heads of state
he made sure they're all on his side
they saw how rich he was how powerful
how wealthy he was happy
now however if someone was planning a
plot against the King's life they're not
going to come from Timbuktu especially
on those days right it's going to be
from shushan you know someone who's
around the Royal compound right so he
wanted to make sure that everyone loved
the king there's no one going to have a
husband that's gonna you know do some
against the king so he made sure that
shushan now he said he did the first
thing that never happened ever and if it
ever happened again that he invited the
whole shushan not just he invited the
Jews it wasn't the golf club you know he
invited the Jews this one
he invited you know everyone
you know even the biggest the homeless
on the street got his gold-plated you
know invitation you know I mean like you
know the guy sort of can't hear the
rotation of the king do you understand
and gave it to him you had like a low a
low life of bum with an aristocrat you
know you had like a wagon drivers with
professors you understand it would never
such a thing and everyone was like wow
this king is great you know what I mean
and they come in they see wherever you
want guys you know what I'm saying and
everyone's that what amazing you know
what I mean they're very happy and that
that was a good reason he wasn't he
wasn't stupid he was very it was astute
and and again we said we mentioned
before we got all about Katan but the
awesome says why does it say that way
around normally when we say
we're trying to say that from the
youngest or from the smallest the
biggest they were all the same
but here we're not trying to say that
we're trying to say from the greatest
the most cultured down to the lowest
each one was happy
you get it they weren't all the same
some other guy he said what wine I don't
care just give me any wine whatever you
mean it smells good they sell they know
the Aristocrat sister looking do I mean
each one according to his thing what he
was what he wanted then the food John me
now the guy says give me a you know a
Big Mac I'm happy and the other guys do
be like you know spare ribs and you know
duck in in you know honey sauce I don't
know what everyone they wanted I mean
they could get they want you understand
for free
it was free yeah we'll see as well now
um
now
what we mentioned that we mentioned that
with the uh we said that at the
beginning now the
um why why do we need to know we said
the question this you know the whole
thing about the lavish drapes and the
you know the marble and the silver and
all this business and the gold but for
what
so this is going to go on it's not
in this thing his last one is isn't this
he says
um why they tell us this is
the mission says in yeah also an hour
whatever that means you know of course
nothing to all the places
we don't know what is it that's what I'm
about how how good is going to be it
says
he's trying to tell you how far you can
go in Ireland this was like you know
what I'm saying I mean you know you show
it to Americans nowadays you know they
can get learn a lot from these people
came you know I mean how far you can go
you understand
yeah and he's saying we've been taught
over here lesson to realize if this is
what you can do in olamide
is much much much more do you understand
with this we just can't you understand
this was the epitome of physical
pleasure you understand we're going to
get that movie I've got this was the
eating and drinking side of it right
we're going to move on I don't know if
today when it moves on to the feminine
side of things you understand they went
overboard over there you don't sound
everyone was just all go you know I mean
went over here like crazy now
um
that's why it says over here now what is
the bigness what's the nest what's the
nest over here so the video on explains
and he says like he says it's a medrus
yeah
we said this whole thing 180 days is how
many months how much does it work out
180 days it's six months is it six
months 33 times yeah six months half a
year of all this partying plus this week
right why we said from beginning he was
trying to show off and how wealthy how
amazing he was and how was a great king
etc etc
we said also around the beginning right
that's why he married vashti in the
first place because she was from Royal
lineage he was he was a stable boy which
we're going to see later on and he just
worked his way up and he wanted to prove
the world he's the best he's the great
he's unbelievable and he also want to
make everyone happy yeah he's the nicest
King and everyone loves him and
everything else right so he was
in Cloud Nine do you understand he felt
so good with himself he was so wonderful
yeah big time yeah yeah that was part of
hashem's plan that that right right that
was and that was part of hashem's plan
that Hashem had him you understand
before the Xavier we see was going to
come out and this we said this was a
refuel if they're the macro this is all
part of hashem's great plan
and and like we said like you mentioned
before and the whole irony of it that he
wanted to keep everyone happy and the
major says Hashem said to him as it were
you want to keep everyone happy
it's not going to happen you understand
you're going to make this happen is
going to be sad that because he wanted
so much
and yeah to make everybody happy
in the end he ended up going against his
own wife embarrassing his own wife and
executing his own wife
okay
six months the guys when the throne was
being built we mentioned three years
when the throne was being built he's
been planning these things you
understand he had people with party
planners for years planning these things
you know you can see what went into this
thing yeah I mean we're talking years
the natural thing was months and months
and the amount of money and time and
effort and drink and food and everything
and it was it was perfect
and the whole thing flipped on his head
the whole reason of it should be
established is a whole claim to fame
anyway she was World in it she was the
queen The Fishery and he wasn't a pretty
Queen and he ends up because he wants to
keep everyone happy embarrassing his own
wife and executing her
I know often he's like what I do this
for do you understand that was the
village says he says that
um
you know it causes things to go around
um
he messes around with a person's mind in
order to bring about the miracle yes
he wanted to even make the lowest bum
happy right the lawyers got happy
and then he decreed on his own wife who
was yeah Royal Blood
they come and close against their will
because next time snowman she was quite
a loose person she didn't really mind
about these things normally yeah but
this time was against the will
and then you end up executing her
because he embarrassed she embarrassed
him yeah
and he's great and it's amazing and his
own wife doesn't even listen to him
Hashem made them made the mockery of him
to understand and say everything he did
all this planning flipped over and he
said that's these took him over here
this is a mess
yeah now there's no Neon Lights there's
no firecrackers going off there's no
y'all mean and of hashem's name no
mention says took him over here this
whole thing up is is telling you an
unbelievableness one of the Hidden
miracles of Purim yeah everyone with me
okay that didn't go off yet so I agree
it's time to stay on that's why unless I
couldn't understand what happened
now I'm just going to read the episode
Game now yeah because they're going to
start a bit soon
um we dips okay lips are gonna go
together from Ted till you bet we
translate and if we can get in a few
questions just the way appetite for next
week yeah
um we'll do it
the queen she's called Dashi the queen
not hamalkavashti you're going to see
soon it sometimes changes she was
vashtri now malka she made a party for
the women in the Royal compound which
belonged which was wrong
so if the first question over here was
why did she throw the party
we said big reasons for it right we
describe now is it after his party
we're going to see no he she she started
this now like towards the end of the of
the seven day party when she woke up all
of a sudden
no no no no no no no no no she did was
she didn't do a specific party vastly
did not do specific thing it could be
through a thing you know for whatever
but vastly just woke up all of a sudden
the end of this 187 days she decides to
do a party for the women
what's going on what you mean we said
very good reason for it it was all
political and you know plan of here but
vashtri what was she doing this for
that's number one those it says
which is like who else was it obviously
it was a Royal Palace who else you
understand it's actually redundant with
me why is it in the password
then it says
on the seventh day last day whatever
when the King was very happy with wine
like it wasn't happening till now you
know I mean he was drinking again drink
himself silly for the last six months
anyway
foreign
next week that was the only thing she
was supposed to be wearing yeah
now the villagon explains he didn't say
why the pursuit says reveals what his
thought processes were
in order to show the low life and the
sarim the low life came first explained
because they were sitting in the back
that much he did you know he didn't make
my mama sit right near the king they
were still sitting at the back
they're in the club though they were so
happy eating a drink
she was one of the most pretty women
ever lived in the face of the Earth she
was yeah I'm saying physically that's a
rashantha she was an awful woman she was
the terrible Wicked Woman but she was
very very beautiful true and what
happened look at this
yeah the malkovashti refused not
vashtriya malcolmation
she refused to come what you know what
the sorry team said the message come you
know whatever he said
he got very angry and his angle burning
within him
I got angry twice
and his anger was burning inside them so
we're going to see next week you know if
he really blew it I mean the bunny he
lost it right would you say oh there's
the king of very very angry what does it
mean
so the questions are another question on
the password is what is
what's special about the seventh day
right and the King was drunk on his day
what no no on the seventh on on the
seventh day
yeah yeah yeah
what was why not on the sixth day why
not on the fifth day you know what was
what was special over here
Why did um he order vashti to show off
like what was his thing what triggered
this whole thing off in the first place
why did she refuse we're gonna see that
my experience was a very loose
individual she'd never have a problem
doing the other time but also many times
she refuses do you understand what
happened we're going to her head
completely lose it but I completely lost
it we're going to say afterwards he
always got depressed afterwards and he
went into depression so we have to
understand this and next week we'll
we'll answer these questions all right