BS”D As the month of Adar approaches, so does the phrase “Mishenichnas Adar marbin b’simcha.“ It’s playing over speakers as we walk through the streets. It’s printed on random products and Purim gear. Children sing it in school and at home and then we’re singing it. It’s kind of taken for granted that in the…
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BS”D The Zohar tells us that Yom Kippur, the most spiritual day of the year, is really, Yom Hak’purim, which means “a day like Purim.” (Tikkunei Zohar 21: 57b) The essence of this connection is that the two days are actually similar. On both days, a Jew can experience spiritual elevation and closeness to God,…
BS”D According to the midrash on Megillas Esther, before Esther HaMalka went in uninvited to Achasveirosh, she spent three days fasting, wearing sack-cloth, and praying by way of the window (toward Yerushalyim). As she pleaded and cried to Hashem to have mercy on the Jewish people, she moved from window to window in the house…
