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Daily Chizuk #1561
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Slow and Steady: Emunah as a Process of the Heart
PURIM: We Always Win
From a simple reading of Megilat Esther, it appears that Mordechai refusing to bow to Haman is what provoked Haman to issue the decree to wipe out the Jews. There must have been many Jews at the time who were angry that Mordechai had to be different, rather than just conforming like everyone else. That's what it seemed like, but Chazal tell us what really happened. When nine years before that, the Jews benefited from the seudah of Achashverosh, then it was decreed in Shamayim that they would be wiped out. The Mefarshim tell us, because Mordechai did not benefit from that seuda and because he did not bow down to Haman, he was the one who was able to be the catalyst to bring about the eventual salvation of the Jews.
When we do what is right, we always win. It might not always seem that way but it is for sure the truth.
Purim Same'ach and Shabbat Shalom.
From a simple reading of Megilat Esther, it appears that Mordechai refusing to bow to Haman is what provoked Haman to issue the decree to wipe out the Jews. There must have been many Jews at the time who were angry that Mordechai had to be different, rather than just conforming like everyone else. That's what it seemed like, but Chazal tell us what really happened. When nine years before that, the Jews benefited from the seudah of Achashverosh, then it was decreed in Shamayim that they would be wiped out. The Mefarshim tell us, because Mordechai did not benefit from that seuda and because he did not bow down to Haman, he was the one who was able to be the catalyst to bring about the eventual salvation of the Jews.
When we do what is right, we always win. It might not always seem that way but it is for sure the truth.
Purim Same'ach and Shabbat Shalom.
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