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Purim: DeJa Vu All Over Again - The Earthshattering Approach of the Midrash Talpios

3.5K views · Mar 3, 2026

Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A Torah shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on the Midrash Talpios' approach to Purim and the concept of deja vu.

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Afreilichen Purim everyone. Afreilichen Purim. Welcome everybody to our annual uh Seder Chasam Sofer. I think for many years already we had a special we have a Kabura of limud between Megillah De Layla, Megillah De Yom. We mention every year from the Chasam Sofer that he has a Kabbalah from his Rebbe, Reb Mendel of Lilled who has a Kabbalah from the Shev Yaakov that those who learn those who learn between Megillah De Layla and Megillah De Yom muftach l'ish u've'ein olam haba. We also mention from the Chida in the Lev Dovid perek chof tes that those who dedicate themselves b'kedusha on Purim and spend whatever time they have immersed in limud ha'Torah on the day that Amalek began to fall Amalek will be completely eliminated and u'val atzei an goyal. So what I would like to do tonight like to do tonight is to continue to develop the topic we've been speaking about. We spoke about it last Wednesday night. The topic, what we call up to half the kingdom. And we're going to take it to the next level. Let's begin with a very interesting question. It seems that Esther has orchestrated that the way that she's going to bring a downfall to Haman is al yedei yayin. Achashverosh says, "What what would you like? What can I do for you?" What what what what do you want? So what does what what do you want? So what does Esther say? Yavo ha'melech ha'yom. Come and l'mishteh ha'yayin. Esther schedules, Esther makes a calculation that she's going to bring a downfall to Haman dafka al yedei yayin. What what's the inyan? Why specifically is Esther going to bring a downfall to Haman al yedei yayin? And of course we know that the Gemara tells us Amar Rava chayav inish b'sumei b'Puraya that a person is obligated to become

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  1. 0:00Afreilichen Purim everyone. Afreilichen Purim. Welcome everybody to our annual uh Seder Chasam Sofer. I think…
  2. 2:04that a person is obligated to become intoxicated on Purim ad d'lo yada bein Haman l'baruch…
  3. 4:42Haman min ha'Torah minayin? How do I know Haman? Where is there a remez to Haman…
  4. 7:16foodies. You know what a foodie is? Don't talk about food. People There are other people…
  5. 9:18Now Klal Yisrael is now basically the world will now be reverted back to the way…
  6. 11:50because so long as there's the Koach Hamikdash in the world that has the capacity to…
  7. 14:22Koach of the Bigdei Kehunah? That also has the capacity to because you know, Chazal tell…
  8. 16:25The Rama in his commentary on Megillas Esther reveals Ish Yehudi Haya, the first God-fearing person,…
  9. 18:58father and mother. The next words are her father and mother died. How could it say…
  10. 21:32So it gives us insight into the the back story. Haman's cover was to repeat the…

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