SUNDAY PRAYER: BINAH-KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה

READING: BETWEEN AFTERNOON – SUNSET SATURDAY

KIDDUSH LEVANAH קִדּוּשׁ לְבָנָה : 🍋

– PRAYER OF CONCESSION ON THE FULL MOON

AN ARTICLE FOR PURIM

I heard in 1948
We must understand several precisions in the Megilla2:

1. It is written, “After these things did King Ahasuerus
   promote Haman.” We must understand what is “After
   these things,” meaning after Mordecai had saved the
   king. It seems reasonable that the King should have
   2 Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther), referring to The Book of Esther
   Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) 113
   promoted Mordecai. But what does it say? That He
   promoted Haman.
2. When Esther told the king, “for we are sold, I and my
   people,” the king asked, “Who is he and where is he?”
   It means that the king knew nothing of it, although
   it explicitly says that the king told Haman, “The silver
   is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it
   seemeth good to thee.” Thus, we see that the king did
   know of the sale.
3. About “according to every man’s wish,” our sages said
   (Megilla 12), “Rabba said, ‘to do according to the will
   of Mordecai and Haman.’” It is known that where it
   says only “King” it refers to The King of the world.
   Thus, how can it be that the Creator will do as the will
   of a wicked one?
4. It is written, “Mordecai knew all that was done.” It
   means that only Mordecai knew, since prior to that, it
   states, “but the city of Shushan was perplexed.” Thus,
   the whole city of Shushan knew about it.
5. It is written, “for the writing which is written in the
   king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no
   man reverse.” Thus, how did he give the second letters
   afterwards, which ultimately cancel the first letters?
6. What does it mean that our sages said, “On Purim,
   one must intoxicate until one cannot tell the cursed
   Haman from the blessed Mordecai”?
7. What does it mean that our sages said about the verse,
   “And the drinking was according to the law,” what is
   “according to the law?” Rabbi Hanan said on behalf
   of Rabbi Meir, “according to the law of Torah.” What
   is the law of Torah? More eating than drinking.

-Baal HaSulam, Shamati, page 113

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