Purim Shalach Manos

The mitzvah of mishloach manos is to give one friend two portions of food. Everything else is icing on the cake. Let me tell you what the Rebbe did. For me, he's a good example. He used to send shalach manos to three people, a cohen, a levi, and a and a yisrael in a brown bag. And if I'm not mistaken, the brown bag had an orange and a hamantash and I think a bottle of wine. That's what he would give. We're here to serve Hashem. We're not here to impress anybody. We're not here to fit in. And if if the finances are too hard for you on Purim and you have a family, then it's completely irresponsible and immoral that there's not going to be money for what your family needs just to impress people who barely even care about it. Like, reclaim yourself. Do the right thing. You may want to give a gift to the teachers of your child, one that you can afford. And maybe it's not about a fancy shalach manos and maybe it's not a lot of money. Maybe it's a smaller gift that you can afford with a card, a beautiful card. Maybe you just give shalach manos to two people, maybe to one person, maybe to three people. And do what is right for you. We need to stop feeling that all of Yiddishkeit is about constantly living up to external expectations that don't even make sense and aren't even appreciated anymore.