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Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Vayikra Purim 5725 THE MEGILLAH IS READ

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — rse Summary Vayikra Purim 5725 THE MEGILLAH IS READ. Темы: holidays, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים, פסח, חנוכה, סוכות, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT he Rebbe's Discourses T Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫פורים תשכ''ה ד''ה מגילה נקראת מאמר ב' בלתי מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Vayikra, Parshat Zachor 13 Adar II 5784, 23 March 20241 PURIM HE TALMUD TELLS US THAT THE PURIM MEGILLAH T MIGHT BE READ on several different days. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com The eleventh therefore signifies the lower level of spirituality, as if at the bottom rung of the ladder, and then one ascends higher to the fifteenth, the highest level, the ‘top of the ladder reaching the heavens’4. However, even in the village, at the bottom of the spiritual ladder, there is the positive atmosphere of ‘the Jews had radiance and joy and happiness and glory’ (Esth.8:16), and the spiritual power of the reading of the Megillah on the eleventh of Adar, signifying the lower letters of the Divine Name, Vav and Heh. While hearing the Megillah being read, one should be able to focus on the text and understand, but ultimately Purim is about reaching beyond the limitations of understanding, which means reaching the level not just of the Yud (Wisdom) which is higher than Heh (Understanding), but beyond the Yud itself to the ‘crown’ on the Yud8 which reaches upwards, beyond Wisdom, to the realm of not knowing. This has an eternal quality, because Purim itself is eternal, as the Megillah states ‘these days of Purim will never disappear from the Jews’ (Est.9:28), and the Jewish people themselves are eternal, fulfilling their mission in this world, bringing about the building of the Third Temple which will also be eternal. Chabad teachings explain, based on the book Two Tablets of the Covenant3 that the 11th signifies the lower two letters Vav (gematria 6) and Heh (5) of the Divine Name, and the 15th signifies the upper two letters of the Divine Name, Yud (10) and Heh (5). The Sages tell us that Purim is closely connected with wine (in the large banquet with which the Megillah begins, and in the private banquets organized by Queen Esther for Ahasuerus and Haman) and wine signifies Understa

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Chabad Research Unit

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22 марта 2024 г.

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Темы: holidays, parsha_commentary