Journey To London: Melave Malka - Why Was There No Music At Achashveirosh's Party

this torah class is brought to you by torahanytime.com okay so interesting question on the magilla we know akashir is trying to satisfy all of the various senses of the participants at the suda so there were beautiful tapestries to look at and there was a delectable food to eat and there was fragrant aromas to smell and there were couches that were very comfortable and he satisfied the sense of touch and there's one thing glaringly absent from the sudan and that is there was no music at the sudan zevi they're no drummers there were no electric guitarists there were no violinists there there was no one playing music at the sudo why was there no music at the suda good question right this is the question of shelima al-kabitz the author of the famous commentary amigos esther manoi salevi which he sent i believe as a gift to his father-in-law as muslim okay um that's the question why was there no music at the sudaba so there the monastery says an astounding thing he says why is it they have a newborn child the child is cranky and crying and whining and there's nothing not a pacifier you could put dip the pacifier in the wine the child is going and then all of a sudden you start singing to the child and the child is soothed and the child is calmed why is the child so calmed by music the answer is says amanda salavi if you would go up to shamayim and sort of take in the sounds of the heavens what you would hear is beautiful melodies of the malachi singing many different nagunim zimra shira that's what the malachim do they sing shiratan and being that the child was just there in the shamayim when you sing to the child he's reminded of the good old days in the heavens and he's calmed and he's soothed but says the mana salevi music has the ability to return a person to his original existence near hakadosh and therefore was very well aware of this and he was afraid that if there would be music at the sudah he would not be able to get the jews to sin it would be maxer than buchuva and therefore there was no drumming at the su there was no music at the suda but from here we learn the great kayak of nagina that it has the capacity to bring a person back to akadeshwaraku reminding a person of uh his existence in the in the shamayim with the malachi hasharis takaski and on that note i wish everyone ago you've just experienced another torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com