{"id":4022,"date":"2021-02-25T15:16:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:06:29","slug":"the-message-of-purim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/the-message-of-purim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Message of Purim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The primary focus on Purim is the story of the Megillah (Book of Esther).<br>The Megillah contains a rather long and detailed account of what transpired.<br>It begins by telling us what led up to King Achashverosh seeking a<br>new queen, which ultimately paved the way for Esther to become the queen. The Megillah<br>continues with describing the other variables as well, culminating with our<br>salvation from Haman&#8217;s decree to eliminate the Jewish People which occurred<br>with the help of Queen Esther. We don&#8217;t just take a few moments to reflect on<br>the miracle. We read the entire Megillah, once at night and then again the<br>following day. What is so important about the story of the Megillah that every<br>person must spend so much time reviewing it in detail, twice, every year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Rambam writes (in the end of Minyan Hamitzvos), &#8220;And they<br>commanded to read the Megillah at its time, to mention the praise of the Lord<br>and the salvations He sent us, and that He was close to us [in being attentive to<br>us] when we cried out\u2026 and in order to reiterate for all future generations the<br>truth of what He promised us in the Torah (Deuteronomy 4:7), &#8216;For which [other]<br>nation has a god close to it as our God [who is close to us] whenever we call out<br>to Him?!'&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This passage of the Rambam spells out clearly the purpose of reading<br>the Megillah. Reading the Megillah is about instilling in our minds the concept<br>that no matter how dire our situation might be, God is always close by, waiting<br>for us to reach out to Him in prayer. Rashi echoes this idea in explaining why we<br>read the Megillah once at night and once by day. Rashi says (Tractate Megillah<br>4a) that this corresponds to the fact that Jews cried out in prayer day and night.<br>The sequence of events in the Megillah illustrates clearly how our salvation was<br>guided by the Hand of Heaven. In the same token, the Megillah stresses the<br>fashion in which all the Jews shook heaven and earth in prayer. This isn&#8217;t just a<br>side note. This is what the Megillah is about. The Megillah is intended to imbue<br>us with the feeling that whenever we are in trouble, we should revert to<br>prayer as the primary initiative to seek salvation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/about.php\">God is always near<\/a>, ready to<br>rescue us, when we engage properly in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Rabbi Parach would routinely give a lecture on Torah topics to the<br>unaffiliated, in Tel-Aviv. One day, a storm was raging, and only one person came<br>to the class. Rabbi Parach was eager to share Torah ideas with more people, so<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>he decided to go out and see if he could find at least one more person who would<br>be interested in attending. He crossed the street and knocked on a door. He<br>heard some movement inside, but no one came to the door. He made a few<br>more attempts to attract people passing by, but to no avail. Rabbi Parach<br>decided to return to the home he had approached originally to make a second<br>attempt. This time, the door swung open. Standing at the door was an<br>intimidating figure; a large, tall man, whose body was full of tattoos, topped off<br>with long hair. The rabbi gently presented his offer to attend the Torah class.<br>&#8220;Who sent you here?&#8221; muttered the man. Rabbi Parach explained how he was<br>just looking to offer people to join the class since there was a low attendance on<br>that day. The man ushered the rabbi into his house and showed him a rope<br>dangling from the ceiling. He then proceeded to tell the rabbi what had just<br>transpired. &#8220;I live all alone. I haven&#8217;t spoken to my parents in years. No one ever<br>knocks on my door. I became so depressed and I decided to end it all. But<br>something inside me didn&#8217;t want to do it. For the past two hours I was praying<br>to God, asking Him to send me a sign; someone who will connect with me, <br>give me encouragement to live. I finally gave up and put the noose around<br>my neck. That&#8217;s when I heard the first knock. I was excited about the sign from<br>Heaven, but by the time I got to the door you were gone, and I figured it was my<br>imagination. I returned to my rope, and at the last moment you came back.&#8221; This<br>indeed became a turning point in the fellow&#8217;s life. He was drawn to Torah, and<br>continued on to lead a meaningful life. This is the product of sincere prayer.<br>Purim is very exciting, but we must not let the excitement drown out the<br>message of this holiday: No matter how bleak the situation may look, no matter<br>how far gone we might be, God is always there for us. God is waiting nearby to<br>hear us cry out to Him. This is the true source for salvation. God has all the<br>resources and power in the world to bring salvation under any circumstance.<br>While we may not have our wishes granted every time, prayer should be our<br>focus of action. 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