Purim: Going Beyond The Superficial - Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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

there is a well-known gor that people like to follow quite literally a person is obligated to drink on till they do not know the difference between the phrase cursed is H and blessed be Mor the Rama takes away some of the fun by simply saying you drink until you fall asleep and then you don't know the difference uh but the question becomes is there a deeper meaning to this understanding what is the significance of the phrase or H cursed be H boror Blessed Be M and what is the concept of not knowing the difference and how is drinking supposed to bring me to that particular level so there's a beautiful explanation that is offered byakova the famous that when took off his ring and gave it to hamon giving hon the authority to be able to eradicate the jewi Nation did more for the Jewish people than 48 prophets and seven prophetesses because all of the prophets are calling upon the Jews do Chua do Chua du Chua repents come back to god stop sinning and we didn't listen but what happened when we had the fear of death because hamon was going to eradicate am Israel we fasted we prayed we accepted the Torah we did shuva so as devastating as Hon's decree was it actually was the Catalyst that brought am is much closer to AES than they were otherwise this is often perhaps unfortunately the pattern of Jewish history when times are good and one might assume there's a greater reason to be grateful to AES we have what the Torah describes as we get fat we get complacence and we kick against hem we reject when there is an A S when there

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1. 0:00there is a well-known gor that people like to follow quite literally a person is obligated…
2. 0:30significance of the phrase or H cursed be H boror Blessed Be M and what is…
3. 1:03people than 48 prophets and seven prophetesses because all of the prophets are calling upon the…
4. 1:35actually was the Catalyst that brought am is much closer to AES than they were otherwise…
5. 2:07is a time of adversity a time of challenge that often makes us realize how we…
6. 2:38vanquished their enemies but none of us are grateful for the evil decree of hamon the…
7. 3:10our lives has a hidden goodness to it there is a Gamul then a person realizes…
8. 3:40bodies it was the gazer of Hama that saved our Spirits this is actually the meaning…
9. 4:10that's only from our limited perception in this world the dichotomy between Hashem and ultimately at…
10. 4:40recognize on porim which after all is the holiday of the Hidden Miracle the holiday of…

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