Kedushas HaSeudah – Purim 5770
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Loading ...Some ideas on the Kedushas Seudas Purim.
It is clear from the gemara in Megilah that part of the decree of Achashvayrosh was due to the fact that Bnei Yisroel benefitted from the meal of Achashvayrosh. I found it odd that the gemara doesn’t call it the seudah of Achashvayrosh rather “אותו הרשע” while that means Achashvayrosh…it still may hint to other things. This seudah embraced every taaveh of every individual. As the pasuk states:
“…על כל רב ביתו לעשות כרצון איש ואיש”
That is to say that every single thing that one of the guests wanted was severed to them. It is said from the Gr”a that this seudah is keneged the Seudas Levyasun, the seudah that will be in the time of Mashiach in the near future. It must be that the seudah that we have on Purim is a bechinah of the seudah that we will be having im yirtzah Hashem soon. It must also be a tikkun for Seudas Achashvayrosh.
It is well known that Purim is keneged Yom Kippurim. One being kolo l’chem the other being kolo l’shem. It is known that the concept of teshuvah is also connected between the two. It is another interesting thing that Erev Yom HaKippurim there is a mitzvah of eating a lot, where as traditionally speaking the day before Purim is a taanis. It happens to be that this year that isn’t the case, but generally speaking it is, and that is enough to show that they are in fact connected.
I have said it for many years and recently have found that the Sefas Emes says the same. The month of Elul is the end of the year in relation to Midas HaDin whereas Adar is the end of the year in relation to Midas HaChessed. Just as there is a Kabbalos HaTorah in Adar, Purim there must be a Kabbalos HaTorah in Elul. Whereas in Adar it is through Chessed by Elul it will be through din. The same would be true regarding teshuvah. Since Elul is a time for teshuvah so too Adar is a time for teshuvah.
Yom HaKippurim is the only chag that has issuray kares. Whereas by Purim, the Kedushas HaYom is only D’Rabunun. The ikkur Avodah for Yom Kippurim is the Avodas HaKarbonos whereas by Purim the chag is based upon being in galus. On Yom HaKippurim the ikkur mitzvas hayom is teshuvah whereas by Purim it is Simchah. The truth is that the two are really the same. The root of din is chessed. We see that regarding Mes Mitzvah, as it takes precedence to Krias HaMegilah. In other words, that which is called the “chessed shel emes” because the person can never repay you back, is the utmost expression of Midas HaDin, misah. This great madraygah of chessed comes through the greatest of din. That is Yitzchak Avinu, midas hadin. The concept of tzchok which is connected to Sarah Imaynu is Midas HaDin. Ester HaMalkah is of course keneged Sarah Imaynu and there by completing this thought. While I haven’t explained this idea it can be taken in many different ways.
The concept of Havdalah by the end of Shabbos and Yom Tov is being mavdil between Kodesh and Chol. The nature of daas is to be able to separate that which can normally be seen unified but really are separate. The pasuk:
“ליהודים היתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר”
Is found in Megilas Esther as it is clearly connected to the idea of Seudas Purim. The mitzvah of shtiah ad sheloh yuduh is the expression of אי דעת. This אי דעת is still connected the concept of Havdalah which expresses using daas to separate.
Fraylichin Purim!
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