I heard this week an unbelievable speech from Rav Avraham Schorr Shlita
about the power of prayer on Purim Kotton.
He quoted a Chidushei
Harim that explained a reason for the mitzvah of "chayav inush lbisumei
bepuryah", the mitzvah of drinking on Purim.
He told a story that
happened in the times of the Bal Shem Tov. There was a terrible decree
against the Jews, everybody prayed and did various mitzvahs but nothing
changed and the decree was still in place. Finally the Bal Shem Tov
instructed one of his followers to go to a distant down and find a certain
drunkard and bring him back to the Bal Shem Tov. The messenger was advised
not to allow the drunkard to drink so that he would be sober when he was
brought to the Bal Shem Tov. When the drunkard was brought to the Bal Shem
Tov, he asked the drunkard for a bracha that the decree be abolished, he
gave a bracha and immediately the decree was annulled.
The Bal Shem
Tov explained to his close followers that this person had done an
unbelievable mitzvah of saving a girl; the mitzvah of Pidyun Shevuyim and in
shamayim they were so moved that it was decreed that whatever this person
would ask for would be granted immediately. Suddenly in shamayim there was a
big debate, how can a simple person be given such unbelievable power of
blessing, maybe he will use it for the wrong things? So they decreed that he
would be a drunkard all the time so he would not even realize this power
that was given to him.
"THE CHIDUSHEI HARIM EXPLAINED THAT ON PURIM
THERE IS A LAW THAT "KOL HAPOSHET YAD NOSNIN". ANYONE WHO ASKS YOU HAVE TO
GIVE. THIS IS TRUE ALSO REGARDING PRAYING, WHEN WE DAVEN TO H-ASHEM HE HAS
TO ANSWER OUR REQUESTS. SO TO COUNTER THIS UNBELIEVABLE POWER OF PRAYER, THE
CHACHOMIM MADE THE LAW OF DRINKING ON PURIM SO THAT WE DON'T USE THE DAY FOR
PRAYING FOR THE WRONG THINGS. THE CHIDUSHEI HARIM CONTINUES THAT IF SOMEBODY
FEELS THAT HE WANTS TO BE SMARTER THEN THE CHACHOMIM AND HE WON'T DRINK AND
WILL SIT AND DAVEN ALL DAY LONG, HE IS WRONG FOR NOT LISTENING TO THE
CHACHOMIM."
THERE IS A MISHNA IN MEGILLAH THAT SAYS "EIN BAIN ADAR RISHON
L'ADAR SHENIE ELE KRIAS MEGILLAH UMATONAS LEVYONIM BILVAD"; THERE IS NO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST ADAR AND THE SECOND ADAR ONLY THAT YOU CAN NOT
DO YOUR OBLIGATION OF READING MEGILLAH AND PRESENTS FOR THE POOR.
THE
POWER OF PRAYER REMAINS EXACTLY THE SAME; HOWEVER, BY THE FIRST ADAR THE
RABBIS DID NOT MAKE AN OBLIGATION TO DRINK.
SO HERE WE HAVE A DAY
THAT HAS THE TREMENDOUS POWER OF PRAYER AND THE CHACHOMIM DID NOT COUNTER IT
WITH AN OBLIGATION TO DRINK.
LET US USE THIS WEDNESDAY TO DAVEN TO
H-ASHEM FOR ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, KLAL YISROEL IS LIVING THROUGH DIFFICULT
TIMES AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO DAVEN FOR...WE SHOULD BE ALL BE ZOCHE TO
SEE MOSHIACH BMIHERA BYOMEINU.
THIS SHOULD BE A ZECHUS FOR THE NESHAMA OF
MOSHE DOVID BEN PINCHUS DOV, HIS NESHAMA SHOULD HAVE AN ALIYA.
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