Purim: The Joy of Hashem's Name That Appears Throughout the Megilla

This Torah class is brought [music] to you by tora anytime.com. Thank you so much Bronson. Um the only Milo that he could really say is that Ray Bronstein uh allows himself to to be considered he allows me to consider him my my friend. So that's my uh biggest mile talks about that you should be uh you should be you should have to talk about the having a good friend to give advice. He could steer you in the right direction. He could be in I have all of the mileas of and I I appreciate that very much and I'm very honored to have the opportunity to share with you a few words before going on brings 18 hakamos. that various would make before they would start learning in yan. Just as an aside, not relevant to today's shir. It's interesting. Why couldn't they just start off? It says in the third p of the migill. It says in pariml whether they need a hakama or whether they have to go to uh go to mish go to go straight to the migill. What do you need a pesak for the migillah? Do we find elsewhere? Then when kazan want to teach about something they need to start off else somewhere else just go straight into the migilla. what's what's guru what's lacking in the migill itself that we need to uh begin with the pes from some somewhere else so maybe it's an interesting idea we know kadua there's a famous kasha on the garland hamara licorice migill so everybody asks that mikra migill is not built to migill is also part of the toyra it's also one of the falit's farm so there's a very the novel chuva the frame where he wants to say that the gar debates whether migill is and there's an opinion it's not so wants to be that even according to the migill it's only in the to read it on but it's not that you're the mitzvah of by learning about uh the that's the B of even though the is not to me on the B of the B of seems to say that if you sit down and you learn Miguel you're not the mitzvah of Tal that's certainly the way the ABS grips it asks so it comes out that everything you darill is not actually limit so could it be that all of the pages of the migill are not on the madrega So maybe that's why there were from a different angle. In other words, whatever we're going to say now helps you understand full-fledged maybe. In any event, the Gumar brings one of the were offered by and he laid on the says how make a name for himself mikra everybody knows there's a question oh where's name in the migilla okay it's it's the it's great you could give every terrorist in the world where the's name is in the migilla why it's not there explicitly but at the end of the day theam's name is not in the migilla so why Would the safer with which created a name for himself be the one safer that his name doesn't appear? Okay, you could give every terrace in the world why the's name is not migill. But how could we with a book? You could come up with any other of the 23 with which could have made a name for himself. The last one you would go to would be Miguel. The learns that that's gaug but it's hard to know what the gar's answer is. What does it mean? I always like to look at a memor and the garra brings the balmish. I always try to understand why was the one who said this? Why was the one who said this? If you look at the end of the So the first question that Rizal deals with or Pano deals with is what kind of name exactly is Sheilas? It's an interesting name. Sheilas like a Hungarian name. Well, you know like what what were his parents thinking when they when they called him a Sheilas? What kind of name is Sheilas? Mamisha. We don't find such a name. You know, they once came to Yakob Kameeski. They said, you know, the there we have a name, an old name, a European name, and it's a little bit of a funny name, but the the grandmother wants it, the great-grandfather wants it. So, Yakov would say, you know, you have to make the grandparents happy when you give a name. Even more important, the parents have to be happy, but the most important thing is the kid has to live with the name. you know, you can't sh the kid because uh so I mean Sheila, what what's what's the Indian of Sheila? I want to begin today with a cash of the Briskarov. This is one of my favorite questions on Miguela and Desmaya. I think we're going to try to offer perhaps a new insight into answering this question. The briskarov deals with the third to last. You would expect the migill sort of a climax. It's leading up or we're perceiving we're understanding the hand of even though albeit in a hidden way but nevertheless it's it becomes very clear that the is behind the scenes and the migill ends the taxes the people taxes the people. Wow. What a what a beautiful inspiring ending to the Porm story that taxes the people. Who cares? This is the this is the climax. This is the pinnacle the height of the hash of the story that taxes the people especially in light of the facts points out points out that the next is if you want to know all of the historical background and the palace intrigue and you want to know all the backstory you got the wrong book. This is the wrong book. It's not mentioned here. It's not here. It's not included here. None of the history is here. There's not one detail recorded in the McGill that's written to give you a better understanding of the times to help you uh recognize what the palace was like, what the politics was like. If you want to know that that's the end of the migill says the migill is telling you that if you think there's even one word written here to help you understand what was like in Persia back in the day what was the palace like what was relationship with his officers wrong book look in the chronicles of Persia media every detail written in the migill was written for one purpose and one person purpose only for as the reading of the migill is the halal. So that magnifies the question. Why would the migillah end? The climax of the migillah is taxes the people. That's the brisk risk gives a answer because you would have thought that at the end of the story seems to be such a he seems to be so so fickle and switching back and forth. You would you would expect his malas to fall apart and the migillas his mus became even stronger. But I think there's still room to ask, is that really the climax of the Porum story? Is it really that important to know about the strength of the mouth of why does the story end that way? I want to talk about three words in that to me are the three most important words on the whole story. So the Pik says that Hmon just consulted with his wife. His wife said, "Go to the king right away in the morning." And Hmon runs to the king and the king and the says Hmon was coming. Where was he coming to the outer courtyard of the king to say to the king on the tree on the tree that he prepared for him says three words I think these are the three most important words son of God. That's all you need to know about this story. He wasn't preparing it for Morai. He was preparing it for himself. He thought he was preparing it for Morai. In reality, he was preparing this tree for himself. Mash says the word is extra. could have said obviously it's for him him being Morai why does the why does the say the word so it doesn't mean him it means him he was preparing the tree for himself and with David in the puram he has a whole on this particular line of the garra where he brings many many examples in the migillo where this is a very dominant theme in the migilla and I would like to be Magdal just a little bit points out that this is in the of the we say on we say what's the difference between these two says is Hmon had a plan. His plan was to annihilate was made for it. He nullified it. Hmon tried to kill us. Wiped him off. He he had him hang. You know in English is it was Hmon hanged. Was Ham hung? You know this [clears throat] kyra you know. What about was Ham Hang or was Ham Hung? The par there's a big big difference between Hammon and the Ben Hammon. One of them was one and the other was another. Hammon was hanged and the Ben Hammon were hung. Why? Because you hang a gabra and you and a is hung. A picture is hung. So the bon were dead. Ma they're like a picture. So they were hung. Hmon was hanged. No extra charge for that. Okay. So that's Hmon was hanged. So that's [snorts] what's says from and he says you pick the plan, you pick the weapon, you pick the scheme, you pick the machination that you're going to use against my people and I will co-opt and hijack and take that plan and use that against you. You know, everybody says, okay, you know, we have to have this president of the United States. We have to have this governor in office because this one's good for this one is good for this one's good for and says you think I need the the president or the person who you think is good for me to carry out what I want no you pick the guy who's going to be the biggest Russia the biggest the biggest anti-semit and I will use him to carry out what I want people get all very scared you know we have to have our man in office is bigger than that can handle the other guy in office that's count doesn't have to work with could easily doc so there are a few very very uh amazing examples in miguela for instance you know the the pik says h has this great uh plan he's going to make they're going to send out uh word They're going to send out the the runners to all the communities of the king. And what's it going to say? That's what it's going to say. But then the next continues, but what's the gonna say? What's it going to say on the wall? What's going to be doesn't say what's going to happen. All it says on the posters is beware of this day. So the girl is bothered what there are two things. There's the message that the are carrying and then what it says on the signs. So the girl says yeah was a very smart guy. He told all the officers, he told all the governors that on the 13th of Adar, we're going to eradicate, we're going to annihilate the Jewish people, but do not write it on the signs because I don't want the Jewish people to know about it because then they're going to call the Agoda and they're going to pay money to the government and then they're going to bribe them and they're going to get it off like we know how to do. So what's going to happen? So the Jews are going to get out of it. So therefore, we don't want anybody to know exactly what's going on. just tell them beware of the ides of March and uh they'll find out when it happens. So the says that exactly backfired on Hmon thought she was not writing the date to cover up so shouldn't figure out what was happening but the truth of the matter is so if it if it would have been written in the document that will be killed and that cannot could not have been retracted. So what happened? So tells Esther, "Look, you just changed the document and now uh you're not violining what it says. Here's the best one. By the way, the stipler has a whole piece on this stipler has a very interesting uh about uh this of he doesn't call it But he calls it what the garra says in the garra says about he came from and he said one in the she said that he prophecied about the destruction of the says why is prophesying about the destruction of soar says the hashem's is when wants to bring destruction to the enemy. He brings it from the enemy itself. So who better to prophecy about the downfall of Edim than himself who comes from Edin. So Stifer gives the following uh analogy. So there's a man named Parrot and Par's astrologers tell him parro we see in our in the stars that the Moshian shall is going to be born. Oh, so Par says, "I have a very simple. We're going to drown every single boy that's born." No problem. So is looking down from Shay. He says, "Pro, you're trying to bring the downfall of the Mashian sham. Guess who is going to raise and groom the Mashian?" It's got to be you. You know what we're going to do? Your daughter is going to be bathing in the river. She's going to see a little kid. She's going to take the kid inside. She's going to bring him into your palace and you're going to pay for his rent and board until the kid is 20 years old. You're going to pay for his gun. You're going to pay for his tuition. You're going to pay for his food. You're going to buy his clothing. There's amazing. Evanzra says, "Why was it that had to grow up in Par's palace? I mean, he couldn't grow up among the why does he have to grow up in the palace?" says even if he would have grown up among Israel, he wouldn't have amounted to anything because were they had a slave mentality. They had low morale. He can never be a leader. The only way Moshe became is because he grew up among royalty. He learned leadership. He learned how to be a man. He learned how to be a melan. So Mosha would come out and maybe maybe Mosha's shirt wasn't straight or his jacket wasn't straight and parro said, "You're going to be a leader one day, my son. You got to get get your act together." Who created Misha? Parro made my parro created. Why? Because parro tried to destroy the shel. So says, "You're not going to destroy the Mosian. you will without you parro we would never have would never have a that's how operates the is not just here's another beautiful example from the law so par has a problem with his wife so here are the options you could go to a therapist you go to a marriage counselor who does par go to He goes to the man, the men who know the times. What's that going to do for him? So the Miguel explains were people who knew how to make they knew how to sort of bend the law in a situation where the law said one thing and they needed a little bit of a loophole. Why did need says the because there was a problem. The continues. It means as follows, says the law in Persia was that the king is the meal. He has unilateral control and decision over anything in in his kingdom. But there's one thing that did not have control over. There's one thing that could not decide on his own and that is if it's to him. That was the rule in Persia. The law in Persia was it's a very good law if it's the himself the cannot make his own decision. So he had a call who knew maybe there's a that the says didn't want to kill Vashi. Vashi had good vashi was beautiful. So wanted to keep her but he felt that if he would keep her that there would be a great rebellion because she stood up against him. So was looking for he couldn't find one the law in the land was that he if it's him he has to ask somebody else so to the end of the end of the migillah so how Hmon takes a misstep with Esther comes back into the room he's fuming and this guy says oh and says hang him wait a Isn't this so he should have to convene you know supreme court of Persia and they should decide what should happen to I mean that's what happened in the beginning of migill in the beginning of migill it says which according to the means that if it's the king someone else has to make a decision so how could just listen to listen to how the learns says the yeah that was the law in Persia And what does says the law in Persia is so ridiculous. Aren't you the king of the world? Aren't you the king over here? You can't decide what to do with your own life. We're changing the constitution. We're changing the law and from now on the king makes unilateral decisions even if it's to himself says great idea. Hmon thought he was going to get rid of Vashi because the med says Hmon was jealous of Vashi. Vashi didn't invite Hammon's wife to some party. So Hmon thought he's changing the law in Persia to promote himself. No, no, no, no. Hmon's changing the law in Persia so that when Hmon takes the misstep and otherwise would have had to send it to the Senate and the House of Representatives and it would have been a majority but not twothirds and he would have ended up being okay. No. So now Hmon is dead courtesy of Hmon himself. It's not just this is the dominant theme in the Zer says you know you got to go Go first thing in the morning before the says before anybody else has a good word to say you have to go not like you typically go says the typically Hmon was so he would be the final one to go in go first thing in the morning great ideas so first thing in the morning the first thing on's mind is he didn't pay back Morai and Hmon gets to have those to lead through the I hope this is uh correct. I happen to be giving a shir and safer Ezra. Why? I don't know. So learning say for Ezra and there's a man by the name of Dyesh. Who dyes? He's uh the son of a sin and there's a man by the name of Ezra and he says to look uh we got to go build build a temple says no hate what do you need as said we have no money we don't have anything we have nothing we're poor we can't had the same issue couldn't rebuild the walls of so says what do you want me to do as says maybe we're having a charity campaign maybe you want to contribute match donors if you Give $1, someone else will give $10 million right now. You only have one more hour to do it. And the says amazingly, say for Ezra, I issue a decree issues a decree to his officers. Please cooperate with the elders of the Jews. I want you to build the temple. So they said where we get the money and from the royal estate from all of the tax money. Do me a favor. Open up the treasury of all the levies and taxes that have been collected here in Persia. And I would like you to use it to fund the building of the Bameiktas. And I ask you, where did get all of this tax money from? And I would like to think that he got it from. That's the end of the poem there. Taxes every last North Korean in the far funk corners of his mouth. And now Abd collects all of this tax money and as one of the sometimes puts in somebody a desire to collect the money who is a go-to for the sadic. So collects his taxes from all over the world and then he dies and it goes into and it sits there and it sits there until Ezra comes and says we have no money and says TAKE ALL THE TAX MONEY. So who is the b of the second? Now where did get a could have gotten all the money from the the money H paid to kill the Jews according to the that he didn't give it back to Hmon different opinion so according to that comes out built the second the funded the second mikdash through all the tax money and to me that is the perfect ending of migra because The story begins is having the big suda and once is celebrating that the said in seven years will be rebuilt and it wasn't rebuilt and is celebrating oh it WAS REBUILT IT WILL never be rebuilt and is looking at he's saying you're celebrating the second day rebuilt not only will the second be rebuilt not only will this not be a celebration that it won't be rebuilt aluda vash is going to die. You're going to marry Esther. You're gonna have a KID WHO'S GOING TO FUND THE BUILDING of the second. What a beautiful ending to the Porum story. Hmon thinks he's hanging. H's hanging himself. H thinks he's leaving an opening in the to be able to kill. No, he's doing it to kill him and his kids and his h thinks he's changing the law in Persia to be able to advance his cause. He's changing the law in Persia so could execute him on the spot and thinks he's celebrating the fact that the bish will never be rebuilt. Akash is having a suda to rebuild. It's misha fundraiser. It's a fundraiser not on zoom. It's live fundraiser. No charity. A live living donors to rebuild the second. So you would think then that the poor story should end that is raising money to build the SECOND THAT'S THE CLIMAX. YEAH, that's exactly how it ends. Perhaps a different approach to the question of the brisk. Now this is an amazing understanding of the hasha of this is not just you know we tend to think that what's the great hashka the story why is hashem the hester because each detail in it of itself you could say is unremarkable it's not remarkable that vashi was killed maybe it's unremarkable that Esther became the queen maybe it's unremarkable that morai overheard the plan the plot to kill but if you're mystery all the various details. That's something that's clearly the but we're learning it's much more than that. It's beyond that. It's not just a combination of all the seemingly random things that are theem. It's taking every and plan and thought and idea and saying you pick the poison and I will poison you with it. That's the Where is the name of the rebel? Can we say the name of the appears in Miguel more than in any other book in the where is it? How does the Ram begin? A very interesting beginning which is not the first comment of the Raman. First comment of the Rama is says you know says okay if you're not but at least what do you mean talking? So I once heard that like they begin with so is 26 that's how Rama starts. Okay that's Ram's beginning. How does Rama end? famous says that means begins and ends with the same the is there's and there's a says the is says the two are how is one says if one lives with if you recognize if you feel that every detail of our life of course we know it's Hashem but sometimes we think oh is patching it's a setback it's it's a hurdle it's not a hurdle this is. I'm grooming you for success. I'm grooming you. Oh, what a bad last year. Wa what a what a difficult year. Yeah. But meet they knew it was a difficult year. But McGillis teaches us that operates on a different plane. Sham is not is grooming us for something big. That were comes from placing before you always. So you could place before you always. Oh that's and the bal say but the greatest way is to live with is part of you. It's part of your personality. It's not just the fun of it's part of your essence. says, "Look at the word and you'll see [clears throat] it says the word is plus the which is the reg of the that without David Hashem's is wobbly. You have of the three but it's not a stable K. That's why when Yehuda was born the says it says the Hashem's name was Yehuda is the fulfillment of the Hashem and the says it's interesting Hashem's name doesn't appear but neither does the name of no's name doesn't appear why doesn't anybody talk about that where is doesn't say ben Israel ben what are we in the miguela we are yehudim 44 times in the cl are called's name is so in the migilla that it's not just name became my name is in you That's where's name is. It became part of the essence of the that through seeing this of Hashem's writes in the he wrote a b he says why did orchestrate the story of he says that since was so hidden and there were no open it's not enough for theam to so to speak be behind the scenes by stringing together seeming coincidences in a time of darkness the only way for him to be meal himself in the clearest possible is not that's the greatest it's greater than think about the numa the garuma says let's what is hash Listen to this. That means this man of Esther is but it's it's a if the if the morning is the end of the night then Esther should be the beginning of the not the end of the time of Purim is is not y it's So how think about the analogy of the Gor that means is the day. Yeah is the day. Why? Because since is behind the scenes and the only way he could reveal himself is a greater reflection of Hashem's presence even greater than pur is the pur is not the hashem's name appears throughout the estster more than any other place created a name for himself not in a place where his name is written where his name becomes part of where we become and therefore the says because if you're then you're elevated to and shall make a name for himself. Omar Yehuda. Who else but Raud says name is Hashemi. The of the is from reach of the blade. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Wish everybody. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tora anytime.com.