Purim - Discover Your Hidden Strength | Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz

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The opening of this shiur, in Vayimaen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

If you think about it, the miracle of Purim never really happened. The decree for all the Jews to be killed was never really rescinded and the only thing that happened is that they got permission to fight back, which they could have done, anyways. So what exactly was the miracle? You know what the miracle was? The miracle was that they realized their own power. They were Omed on the greatness of their own soul. They realized what Hashem was doing for them, they realized how great they must be, and they realized that they could take on the whole world. The Klausenberger Rebbe, who went through the horrors of the Holocaust and lost his wife and children, went on to build Kiryat Sanz, Laniado hospital and multiple other huge projects. And he once had to approach somebody to ask for financial help for one of his projects. The fellow said: Rebbe, איך קען נישט. I just can't. So the Rebbe looks at him and says, Let me tell you something. When I was the Rov in Klausenburg, I believed that I didn't even have the strength to carry my own Tallis and Tefillin. I had my Gabai do it. But then came the Holocaust and I was forced by the Nazis to carry 50-kilo bags of cement up a hill and down a hill

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1. 0:06If you think about it, the miracle of Purim never really happened. The decree for all…
2. 0:36who went through the horrors of the Holocaust and lost his wife and children, went on…
3. 1:09fifteen hours a day, with no food and water, און אוי, האָב איך געקענט. Oy, did…
4. 1:39who will look on as the Yetzer Hara is being slaughtered and say: Wow. How in…
5. 2:09It said, I'd like to revise that. So go get Shiker (drunk), but don't forget the…

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