Ep. 490: Should We Allow Jews Siding With Our Enemies Celebrate Purim With Us?
And in merit of Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana (Lah-nah) Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
What does Purim teach us today?
- What is the main theme of Purim and how can we access its power in our time? 01:00
- How can Purim help us face our enemies today and transform even the greatest threat to total victory? 02:18
- Why is Purim celebrated with so much joy, more than any other day in the year? 02:18
- What is the meaning of “everyone who stretches out his hand, is given” on Purim? 02:18
- What happened Purim 1966 when the Rebbe made this announcement? 09:30
- What were the three different ways the Rebbe reacted to those stretching out their cups, and what fundamental lessons can we learn from them? 12:10
- Can Megillas Esther be translated as the revelation of the concealed? 18:19
- Why is Purim named after a lottery? 20:49
- If Haman was accessing a level beyond good and evil how could he have channeled that into evil? 31:37 33:14
- What is the connection between Purim and Yom HaKi-Purim? 38:03
- Is Haman a representation of primordial evil of the snake of the garden of Eden? 36:29
- Why is Shushan Purim celebrated only in cities that had walls since the time of Joshua? 341:40
- Is there an advantage to living in a walled city? 45:58
- What is the deeper meaning behind the Megillah being read from the eleventh to the fifteenth of the month? 48:15
- How is Purim considered the completion of the giving of the Torah? 51:15
- Should we gather children together to recite verses to help vanquish our enemies as Mordechai did? 56:47
- Can we explain Moshiach’s imminent arrival with the events as they occurred during the days of Purim? 01:00:27
- If the Rabbis can alter the laws of reading the Megillah allowing it to be read earlier to accommodate Jews, why can’t they decree the immediate coming of Moshiach? 59:13
- Should we allow Jews siding with our enemies celebrate Purim with us? 01:02:55
- Did the Rebbe say that whistling is connected to Moshiach? 01:06:53
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