Purim! Starting a New Life | Rabbi Fischel Schachter

Hi, is this Purim Praise Instant Mishloach Manos? <font color=#F0FF00FF>No, this is Google.</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>We're doing it automatically this year.</font> Oh, okay. I’d like to order Mishloach Manos, same as last year. <font color=#F0FF00FF>As last year or what you had</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>for Melaveh Malka last night?</font> Wha-wha-what? <font color=#F0FF00FF>For Melaveh Malka last night</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>you had 3 pizzas,</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>6 falafels, 4 French fries.</font> That was not for me, that was for the whole family. <font color=#F0FF00FF>Really? So why at 3 a.m.</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>did you order Pepto-Bismol,</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>Alka-Seltzer and</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>you called your doctor?</font> Listen, it's none of your concern, okay? Can you pl... I’m just ordering Mishloach Manos. Rum Balls, please. <font color=#F0FF00FF>Fat-free, cholesterol-free.</font> Why? <font color=#F0FF00FF>Because your cholesterol is very high.</font> It is not very high. <font color=#F0FF00FF>That's what you wrote</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>in your life insurance policy,</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>but the reality is it is.</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>I have the numbers</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>right in front of me.</font> That’s it. That’s it. I'm getting out of here. I’m leaving. This is a crazy world. I'm going out of here. I'm flying off someplace. <font color=#F0FF00FF>Why would you fly away now?</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>There's still two weeks</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>left on your Mikvah card,</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>and second of all, your</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>mileage points aren't up to base,</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>and besides, for that -</font> Besides that what? <font color=#F0FF00FF>You're 70 pounds overweight.</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>Make sure they only</font> <font color=#F0FF00FF>weigh your suitcase, not you.</font> Goodbye! So Google knows anything about you, right? But they don't know who you are a minute before you were born, or a minute afterwards. That only the Ribono shel Olam knows. Somebody once came to the Amshinover Rebbe and he began to cry. He said: I left Auschwitz, but Auschwitz never left me. And at that moment, the Gerrer Rebbe, the Beis Yisroel came to visit. And the Amshinover Rebbe says, This Yid says he left Auschwitz, but Auschwitz never left him. And the Beis Yisroel said: I also lost a family in Auschwitz. And the Beis Yisroel said: Give me your hat. And the Beis Yisroel took his hat, threw it on the floor and said, This hat is in Auschwitz. Leave the hat here. Start your life new. But... -Leave the hat here. But I need my hat. -You don't need your hat. Your hat stays in Auschwitz. He walked out without his hat. He also walked out to a new life. One of the עניינים of dressing up on Purim, it's a chance to start a new life. Hashem knows why we were here. Hashem really knows where we went off. But there's a reset on Purim like never, ever before. Purim marked the end. We were supposed to be wiped out. We were reborn. It happens every single year. It's our chance to reset. It doesn't make a difference how many times you blew it. Now's the time to say: Ribono shel Olam, Moshiach is around the corner. I'm leaving everything with this costume. I'm starting new.