The Embrace of Purim and Pesach

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay you know now that we're the day after no no no we still have now that we're the day after there's important you know they say that Aid came over to big son he said you know what BR do you make on poison so he said that's good I like that okay any event uh today we're going to speak about very important just like when the month of comes in we diminish Joy so too when the month of comes in we increase increase our joy now if I were to ask you why do we increase our joy in the month of Adar everybody would say because of course the month of Adar contains the day of p and let me not forget to welcome everyone to that's anyway so Rashi says may these were days of Miracles for p and p and the question is P I tell you big it's not in yeah is not in the month of so what what in the world is Rashi talking about yeah is also not an so what what does it mean what does it mean that these are days of Miracles is trying to explain what's rash bringing for yeah but uh so so saysa he says like this he quotes and says and therefore if you have a court case with a guy try to slip out in the month of and try to schedule it for Rashi says says this concept extends to the month of also why explains why is rash saying it seems to me this is what Rashi means you hear what's going on here also applies to Nissan so you don't have to just go to you know schedule the the parking tickets and you also have Nissan you have two months to do it right was bed by why doesn't the say the answer is that's what it means it means that the same way are days of Miracles for so to the month of Nissan are days of Miracles for cl and that is that but it's good to know it applies for Nan also it equally applies right it equally applies okay what we're learning from the appli equally to Nissan so what we're learning is that there's a very important connection between the month of and the month of Nissan in other words from ad you increase joy and it goes it continues it continues into the month of Nissa you look in the look at number four it is good to learn a little T before you get begin the meal an illusion to this is so first you have a little and then you have a little okay what should you learn doesn't say you look in the tough tough test right take a look says you should learn before the the says look at number five everybody knows that you start learning when 30 days before before now when is 30 days before the says in whether it's today or that's why I didn't come yesterday just you know today everybody agrees you have to learn no but the M says you start from P itself and that's the that's the the Miss comes out so we have two number one learn Tyra before the sud number two learn says if you have to learn before the sud and you're supposed to learn so you know what you should probably learn before the sud right putting two and two together if you're supposed to learn before the sud and you're supposed to learn so let's put two and two together right you have to learn on and you have to learn so what should you learn before the sud look at number seven before the sud and I already wrote elsewhere before what's the intro to right so you remember for next year before you start the sud you learn why so to me this is a very uh interesting inan that how do you start sud with it's like you know wrong you know I would think start okay fine I have to learn I have a whole day to learn I mean you're supposed to be remembering the the pur Miracle you're supposed to be magnifying the nce of the the rise of M the downfall of H and how do you prepare for that by learning mean it's really you're really not putting yourself in the the accurate mood why learn P before the okay I understand you have to learn P but that's the way you start off the suda so maybe perhaps we could explain this a little bit by the way mugar brings out an interesting Shila we know if two people come to ask you a question say one guy comes today and he says do you say you know he has a and the other guy wants to know if you say on or if you say t on uh on a different day of the calendar or a guy has has a random sh right he wants to know if he could buy oranges in a certain in so one guy is one one guy's asking the other guy's coming out a left field so who do you answer first obviously the guy who's asking the question the relevant question you're the pertinent issue you always address the question at hand first so ask you're a two people come to you on P one guy has a one guy has a which one is asking more which one is asking is hitting the nail on the head which one is asking the relevant question so we would say of course the one who's asking the he's asking the relevant question but says maybe not because we know is only the that you're supposed to learn 30 days before he calls it a because we learn it from the so we know what comes first right like and we know Mak comes first so therefore you could make the case that the guy who's asking is asking a more important question than the one asking on or you'll say no the one asking on is asking what's relevant to today Mish so this a very interesting shw that deals with look at number seven on the fifth line and at this time I am in doubt you have two people they're coming to ask on one of them is asking and one of them is asking on to who are you obligated to answer do we say first address the or should he first address don't say that is the obligation of the day and the timely obligation comes first why look what he says since to learn 30 days before like we just said when do you start learning we say that 31 days before and that the okay but the Miss comes out that the starts on itself it's a sh look in the uh in the comes out that it starts on per itself so he says learning is also you can make the case that you first have to address the obligation to learn is a Biblical obligation we learn out of just like we say if one thing is more frequent and one thing is more holy or do we say no so says what's the maybe you can answer whoever you want it's at your discretion you know we're not legislating everything really the doesn't legislate everything yeah if two people come to ask you a question and one of is that we leave up to your discretion so not everything is legislated or this Choice very interesting an amazing thing the M wants to know the days in the month of a after TSH right you take a look at the month of a after TSH are those those days considered days of Misfortune for the end of we know right does that apply to the whole month of or only until or only until okay Tu it's a nice day Tu I want to know is the whole month of considered a month of Misfortune says the yes the in why says the same way the whole month of Adar is a month of Good Fortune for cl is even after P so to the month of is a month of Misfortune for cl is even after says one thing has nothing to do with the other just because is a month of Good Fortune after P it does not mean that a is a month of Misfortune after Tish take a look has beautiful words the same way is entirely good a is entirely bad says you cannot bring a proof from do you know why the entire month of ad is good because even the days of after P are sandwiched in between now listen to this it would see seemed to me further that which the month of the whole month is a joyous time because the 15th day of that's today is the beginning of the 30 days these are some of my favorite words of look what he says it comes out May and are hugging each other and they're hugging each other why because P sticks at his arms how long are the arms of pesak they're 30 days long and they stick out their arms and they hug porm so pm and pesak are embracing and we standing here today we're in the Embrace we're in the hug you feel feel the hug you feel the warmth and P are hugging each other so anything in the hug are times of Good Fortune you have you have nothing later on hugging once Tish is over writes elsewhere you know some people call it some people call it says for everyone is wrong there are two separate months the first n days of are called the second half of the month the last 21 days are called the first nine days are Misfortune the last 21 days are Good Fortune they're two different months one is a one is man why because once Tish is over it's good fortune but after P it's still good that's because pm and PES are hugging each other so that explains a little bit on Pur itself why do we start to learn because we're already in the Embrace we're already in the hug that P is hugging but on what the Yeah but they don't use that's because you're getting married after so it works out yeah so we want to explain a little bit the meaning we want to explain a little bit the meaning what exactly is this hug what is the relationship between pm and P that PM that P comes and gives porm a big hug what what's the explanation of that what's the meaning of that so let's talk about our good friend hamon who now that came his are learning in and we say in the when was hamon hanged or hung hung hung h hung right wrong I'm going to teach you a law in English grammar a gavra is hanged a is hung you hang a person your laundry was hung okay now what about the as ham listen carefully the aser ham were not gavas they were dead so hamon was hanged and his sons were hung hamon was alive so since H was alive he was a G so he was a gabra even though this is arguing on the art scroll translation but I'm telling you is accurate English a person was hanged not hung your laundry was hung okay you could think about that you'll look it up but anyway look at number nine look at number nine the in by the way and I think has a you know if you add up all the all the and H you only have a of 49 what happened to the 50th so says okay there was an empty space yeah no Zar she didn't make it so says listen to this were already killed before so they were hung they were hon was hanged alive so he had a head the head was the extra that's what says to answer but you got to know the English grammar under the significance because the were they were hung ham was aav he was hanged so his head if you understand that you'll understand the answer but okay we say in the when was hamon hanged Russ the head of the House of the r h was hanged on P really I thought the story was the purm story no no no no no the Gaz was issued who knows on what day ham made the decree what day of what month first of n very good the Third of Nissan right the 13th of Nissan and they fasted for 3 days we'll see which three days and the is telling us that he was hanged not hung on P he was hanging on PES so we see a little bit that pesak is sharing in the miracle of the perm story cuz the Yeshua happened on PES we say in Mill on that night the sleep of the King was Disturbed says the tarum what night was that B on that night that all the Egyptian firstborn died on that very night couldn't sleep as if there's some connection between the fact that this night Miracles occurred to the Jewish people in the times of and you know what other miracle happened couldn't fall asleep interesting that the tarum draws this comparison and and makes this emphasis that the night could not fall asleep was the night of I don't know that's a good shil but that's what the tum says by the way does anybody know when this gazer was happening what was Esther doing she was learning which the says look at number 12er while this was all going on Esther you know she had the feather and the spoon she was cleaning the house for PES she was destroying her so we see there's a lot of connection between the pur miracle and PES first of all was hanged on P could not fall asleep on P Esther was learning look at number 13 right M violated says Rashi this is Rashi I think it's the last POS also says the same thing he violated what did he violate he violated what he violate he did not he violated the that he fasted on the first day of PES now by the way the say why doesn't Rashi say he violated instead what Rashi says is he didn't eat on yam because you can make the case that maybe he ate a k so he but he didn't eat a so he wasn't so what he was violating was the of but not of because the she in other words it could be the fast how they fast three days so it could be they ate a little bit what either they ate at night if I'm not mistaken there's a somewhere I remember right now that maybe says they ate a little bit so what's a little bit I think less than a Caba so they weren't they were but they were not that may explain this rash but that's for a different time asked them to fast at that time is that what you're talking about asked to fast so your your point even though they were fasting they had that out right there yeah but they were fasting when on P I understand right so that means they were violating the yeah yeah look look what he says rash says says rash how do I know they fasted the these three days on the 13th day the were written so let's think about this the to destroy went out on what day they fasted three days when did they hang Esther goes in on the third day of the fast she says come to the party tomorrow the next day they hung H so according to this what day was H hung thank you hang very good you're Zion you're Zion and it comes out very good we don't say the day H was hang right we don't say the according to Rashi H was hanged Rai not everybody agrees with Rashi if you look in the rash no no they he she went in on the third day of the party of the F of the of the fast and she said tomorrow so the third day of the party no y was the first of the fast on she said come tomorrow with h and on that day they killed H so they killed H they killed the rash he wants to know how do you fast three days the fast days you can't even keep two days because of certainly three days so he says these were not full days day one says the rashash this is also the opinion of the AL this is also the opinion of the they fasted a little bit on then now look at the tum the tarum says think about it this way does the tarum agree with rashi rashi says they fasted the tum says what day not sleep T so that must have me now that was the night after Esther invited him that could only work out if they fasted you gim no even it doesn't work out that right so here you have say three you have Rashi who says they fasted gim excuse me rash says they fasted Z the rash the the he says they fasted and apparently apparently the tarum says the third day of the fasting was the night of so how do you reconcile all of this so there's a cha in the unbelievable Ras has a chuva how do you reconcile the tum that says that the night couldn't sleep was the night of of with the with the other Med this is I believe a fourth that the day that Esther went into was the third day of P that she went into him Z so you have four sh says the tum you have to know that every day of the calendar has a solar date has a lunar date and in other words today what's today today is today's the second day of PES actually today's PES right what do you mean today is p in the solar calendar today is p in the lunar calendar it's so every day has different dimensions to it it has what day it should be based on the Sun what they should be based on the moon and therefore based on this this is a very you know next time somebody comes late maybe they're you know they're holding by different you know but by the way you should know Remember by Raba Raba if I'm not mistaken malal saysa is yipper because the lunar calendar is 11 days earlier but in the solar calendar so you see there is such a concept that conceptually there are different dimension of time but let's try to we try to live in the real world right but the bottom line is that there are many many different sheas when these three days took place but everybody agrees that at least one of the T was on P look what you're seeing H was hanged on P could not sleep on PES EST was being and so we see somehow there was a connection between the and the of I want to draw your attention to a question that was bothering me for a very long time and um a number people asked this question but we have on the sheets from the of radam and he wants to know just think about what's going on over here there's a Gaz that they're all going to be annihilated right when is it going to it comes out on son that in 11 months right almost a year they're going to be destroyed they're doing cha they're fasting right now when you do when when a person fasts what are they trying to do they're trying to get on Ream's good side or bad side trying to do Chua so why fast on the one day of year that to eat there's one day a year that eating is more important than any other day P mat right I don't think you have by the only we have today is the one day a year that you could elicit by eating they fast what's the rush the went out you g why maybe just wait a few days maybe maybe keep and then fast what's going to happen if you wait a few days but apparently it was important that the Tinus should be da on P why what's the inion that the Tinus was Da on P now 100% I don't know exactly what the is I just want to point out a number of very interesting things what a was was done that because of this a we had this threat of annihilation in the times of H say look at number 17 so everybody going to say there go further back go back even earlier the first AO that was performed that because of that a was in danger look the caused to scream at one time cried out oh yob you're causing your brother SAR yob you're going to have to cry out who where will we paid back right so think about it what a was done that because of that we were punished in the times of caused he took the does anybody know what date of the Year stole the what does Rashi say R says the the right what day of the year was it what does so asked the ate two goats at two go one was the and one was the look how beautiful comes out the that was done that because of that we were punished was that caused on what day of the year P so it comes out beautiful the day of the tikon the day of the rectification the day that was it was p so that's the truth of the Jewish people it was p in other words they're being tell from you know Esther has a problem excuse me has a problem with his wife so problem with your wife you call him the therapist the the marriage counselor psychiatrist psychologist the last person you need are the saned and Mig says he called those who knew the times says the in in they called him who knew how to make an iar who knew how to make an iar you have a problem with your wife you can't get along with your wife so go to one of these you know conferences or seminars or well who you call him who knew how to be the the what do you need them for what are they going to help you with what are they going to help you with so says was thinking when am I starting the suda the suda began when when kings of begin their reign when do when do the begin their re on TI the party lasts for how many days 180 days now 18 days is how many months 6 months but alternating months are so you're missing 3 days 180 days gets you to Gim says Y is two days Rim is another three days that's another five days and then he made a special party for the residents of shushan for how long seven days that gets you to what what oh says it's p you know why she's not coming to the party because she has yard side because Bel died on the first night of PES if you said that what we say at the end of the so so says who do I have to call to find out if not because if they're two then she has no excuse she doesn't have yard site so he he figure bash what bash's father when did he die yard side everybody keeps yard that's what he says that's what that's what V iish says by the Persians especially the Persians yeah so anyway you want to hear is like this's Father passes away the Party begins it goes 180 days 180 days takes you to Gim why giman 6 months if a month is 30 days but alternating months are 29 30 29 30 293 that gives you toim y is another two days Rim is another three days that takes you to then made a special party for the residence of shushan for 7 Days says maybe the reason why vashi didn't come to the party she has the art site she has the art site said but think about it according to thisin what day of the year did the Jews enjoy the P oh why are they fasting to be Ming the fact they were n from the Suda oh maybe they have to fast on P then you know why they have to they were Illy on P they have to be by fasting on P so what we're learning is the of was was what was Esther being o p what night not sleep night of PES so you know what it seems to me seems to me that CL are saying we need P to come through for us what' you say we need P come through for us in other words here it is it'san they hear the terrible news that they're going to be eradicated so what do they do it's almost as if they implore P they say p we need you we need your help help we need you the same way we perform miracles in the times of we need you to come through for us again so the very night of the night of they're imploring to come through for them and this is how I understand it says that we know by the way very interesting rishu was always the one who was sent to have disputes with the Roman government you know The ecumenical disputes right he was always debating deuna of Athens by the way what does it say about him in fortunate is the one who gave birth to him why so the the ma the Mish say Ru was the one whose mother used to take him into the B Med from the time he was a baby so that his ear should hear the words of T so when when when we saw what happened to we praise his mother we say so I always uh like to think of it this way you know people say you know we have to have debates we have to debate other religions we have to have Interfaith guess who is selected right and just think about who do who what kind of people go to debate oh people educated people no I'm saying today educated people with degrees in all philosophy no no no no no you know who's the only one who could debate rabu Kan whose ears never heard one secular word in his life somebody like that who grew up in the Bas medish and was never tainted by any other thoughts he is someone who's right to have a debate but someone who grew up understanding both sides he is not eligible for these type of debates think about that thatu was the one selected to debate the why because Ash he only knew the truth if you know the truth you won't be influenced by she someone who who's already used to hearing but in any event there is a a very important says like this a certain and the we mentioned this last Wednesday last Monday Theus mentions to rishu he goes like this he takes his head and he pushes his head away from Rish and he says you know what you are you're a nation that their God has turned his face away from like it says God has turned his face away from you you motions back his hand is still out stretched says the when asks the is not just asking where do the letters Al appear what the gar is asking is where do we know from where do we know that even at a time of Hester Pim the the out stretched arm of is still active in the same exact way you know where we learned that from which means like this we sometimes mistakenly think that there two types of there's a there's and there's they're open Miracles and they're hidden Miracles no no no his head is always outstretched that he exercised is always stretched out like is telling them in his hand is always we may not always perceive it as an open y but it's always there it's always active that's the meaning the says that the was still active so here CLA they say to like this for 410 years during B reine we saw the we saw you in the way that we remember you from beautiful so we could celebrate P because we see the but now we're 70 years in B you're hidden from us we don't see Miracles anymore if we are only to see at times of open Miracles then what's P going to do for us now what's PES going to do for us we're going to celebrate PES now p in has no meaning to us because we're not we're not seeing your anymore we're not recognizing your outstretched hand we're saying we need P to continue to stretch out its hand even for us beest upon him even at a time of Darkness you know pesak is in the first month of the year pesak is in the month of Nissan Nissan in the beginning of the year God is open God is revealed a the permutation of hashem's name for the month of Nissan is good of forward but the month of Ador is the last month of the year permutation for ad is backwards we don't recognize hasem we don't see Hashem as the year goes on and go on further from the month of Nissan to the month of God is hidden he's becomes more and more UNP perceptible we we don't recognize him as much imp so therefore in the times of pm at the time when we're at the end of the year and we don't recognize the Yash and hasm is beest upon him we say if in the darkness of the gas we're not able to see the then what's P P is very nice when the B OD and we see your open Miracles but what's Pak now going to do for us how's pesak going to help us if your hand is completely unvisible to us so CL they fasted on P they implored P even say the logic they used was but the message they were trying to say is are you telling us what that Min said are you hiding your face from us that's what they were doing by fasting on P they were saying we want to see this so says the ran we all know the famous words of the ran that the purpose of open Miracles is that through open Miracles a person is that all the hidden miracles of this world are also says at the end of from the open widespread obvious Miracles through them when a person sees when a person sees what's the point the point is to recognize that heartbeat is also a miracle that's the point what's the point of P the point of PES is to recognize P the point of open Miracle is to recogn nize respiration when you see then you recognize that when your eyes work that's also a that is the foundation of the if you want to consider yourself a believing Jew you are not allowed to until you believe that whatever happens to us everything you move your fingers your ears are working you could chew food there is no such thing as nature in other words the purpose of is to be so we say you made a p for us wh as they say what's pesak going to do for us now if we if we're in gas and we cannot see then this is exactly what the going is saying this is what the villain is saying this is the conversation between the the says we say he says of course the men says of course hasem performed all the Miracles in yeah I agree the men says split theam but you know what hasem is doing now he's hiding his face from you he's not interested in you anymore and what's saying no the exact same yya that we saw in MIT we still see today we still see it today we don't see it today it's hidden no we perceive through the open miracle that it's that's the inion that's the connection between p and in order for clais to have the Yeshua of PM it had to happen through P they fasted on P couldn't sleep on P was before sud what do you learn that's the introduction to sud the introduction to sud yes because by thinking about the open Miracles that helps us understand that even the hidden even the the dark the dark times of Galas that's also God's manipulations and that is in like we have this year when do we celebrate in why what about no you want to ju the look at look you want to just depose the two redemptions why why do you want to ju depose per in pesak like this going forward it seems like pes's in the beginning of the year that's open Miracle 11 months later 12 months later that's secret Miracle they have nothing to do with each other no no no no you're looking at it wrong you're looking at it wrong you're looking PES in the beginning of the year the end no you have to look at the other way it's ad and then P they're right next to each other they're back to back why because the Miracles of P that's how we appreciate the that everything that happens in our life you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com