The Chofetz Chaim on Why Purim Will Never Cease

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the conference. >> Okay, everyone. Good morning. We're going to take a look at an observation of the Chofetz Chaim on Purim. Let's see how this goes. This comes from the safer Chofetz Chaim al Shabbos u'Moadim. So, the Medrash says in Mishlei, you may have Purim einam batelim kol ha yamim tovim atzmi'im batel. And the Yom Tov of Purim is not destined to be batel. So, what does that mean? All the yamim tovim will be batel? It's not true. Torah zu lo tehei muchlafes. It's one of the ikrei ikrei ha'emunah. So, what does it mean that Purim won't be batel? The Chofetz Chaim explains, and this is based on the Chofetz Chaim's biography on page 926. To explain this difficult passage of the Medrash, the Chofetz Chaim explained, the gzeirah of Haman was to destroy the Jewish people, and there was no way out of it. Even if we would have converted, we would not have been saved. Until that point in time, it was the most difficult decree that the Jewish people ever faced. Therefore, the miracle of Purim, it outshines, it all the other miracles pale in comparison. Because all the other miracles were limited in their scope compared to the salvation from Purim. Now, says the Chofetz Chaim, Chazal do not mean that all the other yamim tovim will become batel except for Purim. You know, if you tell a woman, "All the Pesach will become batel." I don't know, maybe that maybe that would be good news, you know? But, don't repeat that. But maybe but the Chofetz Chaim says that

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1. 0:00the conference. >> Okay, everyone. Good morning. We're going to take a look at an observation…
2. 0:31And the Yom Tov of Purim is not destined to be batel. So, what does that…
3. 1:01the gzeirah of Haman was to destroy the Jewish people, and there was no way out…
4. 1:31Because all the other miracles were limited in their scope compared to the salvation from Purim.…
5. 2:01it doesn't mean the other Yom Tovim will become bottle completely, but rather means their significance…
6. 2:31u'mikal ha'aratzot asher hidicham shamah v'hashivam el admatam. We'll no longer say that Hashem who took…
7. 3:01forgotten, ela she'anisim ha'acharonim yigaberu al ha'anisim shel yetzi'at Mitzrayim. The future miracles will make the…
8. 3:35Now, this is a bit different than what Rab Alkabetz says in the Manot HaLevi. Rab…
9. 4:07the scenes in concealment won't be paled by the future miracles of us and love I…
10. 4:37a lesser scale, were of a lower scale than the miracles of the future. The time…

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