Purim Prep With Rebbi & Reb Ezi Wartelsky

I want to I want to be marked and there's like two octomers that are necessary for what we're going to study today. I first want to say a personal thing. I want to study Torah. We're going to study Torah. I want to say from experience I value chiyus so that Now the word chiyus means energy, but I don't mean in a superficial way. I have seen people very loud who don't have chiyus. If you study the Enneagram, sevens are like adventures and if you study the Enneagram, sevens have a very low base. They have a certain like they're actually looking for a rush. So like yes, screaming and yelling. They actually have like a certain flatness. I'm not knocking sevens. Anybody who's a seven and sevens are amazing. Every number seven has some of the most amazing people in the world. Yeah, I'm talking about Yeah, yeah, yes, yes, yes. I'm not I'm not doing an Enneagram. That's a good question. Good question. But but I It's a good question, Lily. It's it's we could talk, but right now it's not what I want to do right now. But I want to express and sevens are the best people in the world. I want to express that I value chiyus. And in my own life, when I'm energized by something, it's a good sign. It's a very good sign. I meet people in their 60s, 70s, 80s. I'm going to even say I'm not coming to be political. I have in front of me magazine from the thank you Hashem chevre. I appreciate them as some of the great like some of the most wonderful people I've ever met. And I see like chiyus. I see people who are energized by something that says something to me. It's funny. Guys, a bachur will come to what about two, three years and you see like a certain energy. Somebody say, "Sure, no rules. Of course they're happy." No, no rules don't give people chaos. If I see from any Yeshiva camp, institution, movement, and I see chaos, [snorts] I see a certain type of passion and like life-flowing energy, I'm very impressed. It says about old people that are tzaddikim are yay. Says, "A youthful to save it is still fruitful in old age." It shows la hag kiyasha Hashem. It shows something's there. I was happy to see Reb Miller in his 90s. He was a He exuded energy. He walked out of the sheer. He didn't talk much of Ezzy. Like you described Reb Trenk. You It reminded me Reb Miller. He walked out. He wasn't He was like full of life. He didn't say much. He smiled. He was like excited to see He was quiet. Said about Reb Miller? I saw it. I saw it. I didn't know he said that. He didn't talk much on the way out of the sheer. I was there, Ezzy. The way out of the sheer, he was like smiling. You felt like he hugged, kissed you. You felt like he talked to you, but he didn't. Reb Ezzy described Reb Ezzy Shlita described to me Reb Trenk. He said people would think he was loud and you'll have He didn't say very much. Reb Ezzy said he was very quiet. He was energetic. He was just energetic and excited. I respect chaos a lot. When people are like oozing in my own life, when you find things that are true, you find like an energy flowing from you. You're excited about something. I found something. I'm into something. I connected. There's a chaos that comes. That's one introduction I want to make. We're going to You'll see I'm saying that there was a chaos because I want to express that it doesn't have to be with words." It's not about being loud. There was something that they had found and connected to that. It was like, "Whoa, they found something." I'm just pointing. It doesn't have to be with words. It's not about chiyus. It's not about loud and words necessarily. Could express itself in words. You see people that are energized. I watch guys in the shiva. If I I'm not speaking about Chaim right now. I watch he has a chiyus today. Look a beautiful chiyus. When people find meaning and purpose and like, "Wow, I have like a direction." There's a chiyus that comes out of the person. What? >> Hebrew birthday. I didn't even know that. Happy birthday, Chaim. I'm just Okay. Good, good, good. Chaim, I'm proud of you. But I see a chiyus. There's a chiyus. Like guys like like life is like there's energy. Chiyus in your own lives I ask to look I'm I'm I'm coming from my own story, from my own observations. And when we feel that space of my connection, there's a chiyus that we have. Paul said in what life? I'll get back to that why I'm saying that in a couple of minutes. I want to give a second introduction, then I want to learn something on Megillas Esther. Let's go. My second introduction is that there's a tremendous there's a tremendous mistake. A person our enemies Haman's bad. Do all of us agree Haman's evil? He's Amalek. Amalek's bad. You can make the enemy ridiculous. You just laugh at him. He's so like stupid and ridiculous. And we have nothing to learn. It's ra- ras bad. It's really bad. But but but we're in a world that we're shocked that that there's a world of choice and we have to like study. It's you gain much more when you understand the enemy, Chaim. When you just mock as if he's like just ridiculous and then we have no shiker, you just could laugh. You learn nothing. When you get what he's saying, you could actually learn. If you study Amalek just as like they're so stupid and dumb, they're bad and maybe even stupid. I don't mind the Russia being stupid, but there's what to study. It's tire, it's in the tire. If you just make Asav, if you just make power like a late son of us and there's what to make. There's also what to study. What's happening? What are we experiencing? What are we seeing? What are we learning? If if somebody wants to study Amalek, they're Amalek is is it's raw, it's terrible raw. Amalek sees Hashem as as a human being connected to Hashem, please. You will be shut. You're close to God runs the world. There's no space for human. And when there's humans push away Hashem, there's no where you put in Hashem, there's no room for you. That's what Amalek sees. Don't tell me you're close to Hashem. We serve Hashem, please. They don't They don't see a space for human being. There's deep sog is there. Now, they're wrong and Hashem You know why they're wrong? Cuz Hashem said to us that our mitsvahs matter. But there's a sogya, there's what study sophisticated just to laugh. I could read to the Megillah and mock Haman and Ahasuerus and learn nothing. Just laugh and they are somewhat funny figures. If you study it quickly and I don't mind laughing at them, I also want to learn. I want to study. I want to understand what shresham are so I can so I can be marachek from it. I can distance myself and find space in me of tzedkus that I want to grab onto. I want to understand what's happening. Can both read? There's an Yeah, absolutely absolutely absolutely absolutely. I want to bring up something about Haman that like strike something to me and I want to share with the chevra. Haman has covered to the end from one end of the world to the other. Haman has massive cover. I want to ask you I'm going to start this maybe I said two introductions a third one. The Bal Shem Tov says if you read the Megillah Koirus Machi what were you saying Machi before? Oh my fault I would have heard it. Now I want to hear remember it again and just shout it out in the middle if you remember. It says if you read the Megillah Lamifreya you're not yoitzei. Simple pshat in the Mishnah Lamifreya means backwards. If you read the Megillah backwards you're not yoitzei. The Bal Shem Tov says if you read it Lamifreya means if you think it was yesterday. Backwards means it's past it's behind us. Oh that was yesterday I'm past it. If you read the Megillah as a story that happened yesterday you're not yoitzei it's our story it's my story. I want to study the Megillah Ari I want to hear what it's talking to me relevant present. That's how to read Torah that's how to learn Torah. Haman has everything in the world the whole world's bowing he's the Mishneh LaMelech. I don't know in the world how much power somebody can understand that is is crazy power. On the news today I don't typically do this. On the news is very big news in England the the the king's brother was arrested today. Mamish today fresh news. In England they're going nuts it's hysterical for an American like royalty doesn't mean anything. In Leli's world the king's brother the media the whole country in England like stopped. He's the eighth guy to the throne. If seven people die I'm not getting in his good or bad. Leli put it on record he's what? The scumbag. Perfect. But I'm not I'm not I don't know politics so Leli said it I believe it. Leli's a good person, so he's cool somebody, right? He's probably right. >> [applause] >> But I But I England, you saw how Leli's emotions were good. The whole England's handling if he's uh scumbag or not. The whole England's like >> [laughter] >> England's like busy with him. >> [laughter] >> England's busy with him because like royalty, he's royalty. He's the eighth man to the throne. Now, us Americans, it's like the funniest event. Like nobody's like stopped. Oh my goodness. We don't have a world of kings and queens and Now, England today, I don't know how much power the king really has, but 100 years in history is a blink. There was a day the king ran England, and it still echoes of it. So, they relate. This eighth guy to the throne is arrested today. It never happened in like they say in like 500 years. There's no history. He's arrested. He's sitting in jail today. He's They're doing mug shots. England has like frozen from it. In America, it's just hilarious. I don't I'm not making fun of a guy in jail, and he might be uh scumbag So, I'm not like getting involved. I've no idea. But in America, I don't want to laugh at him. Not he has family. It's probably painful. I'm only describing there's a world of royalty, which is like very powerful. >> Americans are surprised that like the top guy doesn't get Right. When Trump's kid was in trouble with the law, nobody was I was like I was like interesting. You know, does he have a little pull? Maybe he'll pardon him. It wasn't like such a deep sug ya. In England, where royalty ruled, there's a king and a queen, a guy the eighth guy to the throne's in jail's a pillar. Jail means he's like behold king and prince are higher than the law. Like They're like they they they make the laws. They enforce the laws. So, it's a very big deal, Dovi. What I'm expressing is Haman with I have to remember what I'm expressing, but Haman was the second to the king. >> back. He runs the world, and the whole world's bowing to Haman. Now, it says one person doesn't bow, Mordechai, and Haman says, "Kol zeh einenu shavah li. It's worth nothing to me." Now, there's a space to laugh at him. You have everything in the world. One Jew doesn't bow? So, there's like sugias to learn. I don't I'm not in the space right now where I'm mocking. If you want to mock, hatzlacha. I relate. Sometimes we have a lot going on, and there's one thing and like I can't be happy. What is that? A bochur today was telling me, "So much good going in my life. I'm mad at myself. One thing is bothering me." I don't make fun of that. I want to study it. I could laugh. You want to laugh at Haman? The whole world bows to him, and one person doesn't bow, and he can't function. How stupid is koved? I Fine, laugh, kish mat. Maybe. Maybe. I want to study what's happening. The whole world's bowing to him. One Yid's not. What's the sugya? What's happening? Now, to somebody could laugh, I'm cool with that. If you're chasing koved, you don't have self-respect. If you have self But, what's happening here? What is the pshat that Mordechai doesn't bow, and Haman can't function? What's the sugya? Wow. And this This is not a minor thing in the Megillah. Mordechai not bowing is a tremendous, tremendous It disturbs Haman to no end. The Megillah story is a lot happens from this. That he can't handle. He decides to kill all the Yidden. Mordechai can't isn't bowing. This I'm killing all the Yidden. What is that? What's happening? That's like hitting Amalek. Now, I want to express, again, the typical shmooze is running after fake COVID and there's a shmooze like that. And I don't want to make fun of that. Gevuldig. I like Zevy. Um that's not where I'm hit That's not what's hitting me this year in studying the Megillah. Everybody's bowing to Haman, the whole world. There's one Yid who's like stubborn and is risking his life. He's crazy. Not to bow to Haman, you're in trouble. And he's standing up to Haman. What's happening? What's it saying? Why is that making it that he can't call Zaynen Ushavli? Haman proclaims all the honor I get is nothing. That's crazy. It like completely annuls what's happening. I want to express in our lives and I want guys A bachur was telling me recently that walking any share triggers him. And he was serious and I respect that respect that. That's something to analyze. What What did you go through? What's the experience? I like if there's a certain room walking in brings up thing. I'll just ignore the room my whole life. I want to figure out what hit me. What did hit me? It's a very There's something something's hitting you. What's hitting? What's the story? What's the sugia? What's happening inside of you? I'm so blown away. The guys in my rebbeim here and guys look at their inner world and examine it. Guys share things. The clarity of the inner world here is remarkable. It's amazing. What is happening to Haman? What's going on? Now, you say why is studying Haman considered Torah? Cuz Hashem taught it to us. That's the Megillas Esther. That Haman says with everything I get in the world, Mordechai's not bowing and I can't handle it. Is that a sugia? What's happening? What What hit Haman? What's What's the problem? Okay, one Jew and Haman will kill the Jew. Chassidus What's happening? What's the sugia? That everybody's bowing to Haman and one Yid's not bowing and and there's something going on here. There's something What's hitting me, what I want to express, this is what's hitting me, and I want to express to the Hebrew the following thing. This is what's hitting me. What'd you say? It's just It's cool. I just want to express it, right? I want to I'll tell you what's hitting me this year that I want to express to the Hebrew. I want to express that the world of Amalek Amalek doesn't believe a human being could be close to Hashem. They don't believe they they they fight the Bris Mila. Haman comes from Amalek. And Amalek is not buying into [laughter] this fact that a human being's avoid the counts. You're the people of Hashem. People are shy to be curious Hashem. Amalek doesn't believe that there's God in the space where there's God a human being. You're a void. You do They don't buy it. It's a It's from the great Hadushim of the Torah. Amalek challenges Yitzias Mitzrayim. Remember where they strike. Asher Karcha Ba'derech Betzeischa Mimitzrayim. At Yitzias Mitzrayim Hashem said a Chiddush Nifla. There's a people that are my people. Now, it's not Is it Is that bad to other nations? It's actually a Chizzuk to other nations. People are shy to Hashem. You're shy to curious Hashem. By the way, somebody from the other nations could become a Yid. Somebody from the other nations can serve Hashem. We were sitting in We were sitting in Ricardo the first day of of of Rosh Chodesh, and the Olam was singing, and a lady came in and like lost her mind. She was sitting there for an hour and a half, like mesmerized. So, the Chevra was tumbling if she was a Yid or not. She wasn't a Yid. A sees a Yid serving Hashem, singing, farbrenging, divrei Torah. She She was nishtaymen. is amazing. Does she have to become a Yid? A should serve Hashem also. And they see from our Am Yisrael that in this world Hashem is a dira bitachtoynim. A Yid could be mikadesh shem Shamayim. A human being could bring kiddush Shamayim, and it matters to Hashem. He cares. It's a pele. It's a pele that Hashem cares. The Bardichever The Bardichever said that there's a bechina of Hashem called zois. Zeh is Hashem in the masculine. Hashem is the provider to the world. Zois is Hashem, quote unquote, kavyochol, as the receiver, loshon nekavah. And says the Bardichever, "Ma'aseh Hashem oiseh zois." Hashem has bechina zois that he wants to get from us. He wants korbanos. He wants avodah. He wants kiddush Shamayim. That's from Hashem. It's a pele. "Ma'aseh Hashem oiseh zois." He niflo'os beinenu. It's a pele to us. It's a wonder. It's like How does it make sense? But Hashem said so, so it's true. Hashem says he wants the avodah of a Yid. He wants the mitzvos of a Yid. He wants it. "Ma'aseh Hashem oiseh zois." He niflo'os It's a pele. Amalek doesn't see a space for the service of Hashem. Rebbe, isn't it that they hate us? Or they Or like I thought the whole thing was that they just really really >> They don't want It's mechayev. Amalek doesn't like something. It's Yisrael Mitzrayim and now these are my people. There's a space for the nation of Hashem, the servants of Hashem. That course, they wanted to deny that. Amalek fights something, a person be close to Hashem. >> I'm saying we learned that by Yisrael Mitzrayim. like it was so obvious >> The whole world accepted it. Amaleq didn't want to accept it. Was in a snap to accept They didn't want to believe it. They just hated >> want to accept it. You don't believe it, you don't fight it. They fight it. They fight that. Persons close to Hashem, they fight it. Everything to fight that. I want to express Chaim that Haman builds a world Haman builds a world devoid of Hashem. Haman builds a world with human activity and he has a world of power devoid of God. He meets one Mordecai and he sees the chaos of somebody who's willing to die for something. He sees Mordecai I'm not bowing. And he learns from Mordecai you see a Yid mamesh. Mamesh living that that there's a space for Kiddush Hashem. I bow only to Hashem. And there's an energy and a chaos to it. Everything that Haman's created is slugged up from the Yid. I don't look at it. Yes. Ah, Nachi say quick quick scream. Say fast fast. I want to know the story. Don't mark it for sure but let's get the story so we can learn. And Nachi what I see in Haman who has built a whole world separate from Hashem in his mind defying, denying, saying it's not shayaich, one Mordecai slugs up the entirety of his world. >> Wow. >> He sees one Yid living with emes that connected to Hashem with a chaos standing up. I'll die for this. That is infuriating. Whatever I have, whatever I built is a nano shaveli. Why? Because he's announcing something everything that Haman's power is built on is separate from Hashem. One Yid behaving that way is a world I can't accept this. I can't have this. Wow. Are you saying that Amaleq was the first creature that would always like pop up when somebody was smoking that Well said. Well said. There's something deep Yeah, well said. Well said. There's something striking to Haman seeing a Mordecai and seeing the chaos of that Mordecai. I've spoken before. I've said to the guys and I want to I love that part of the Megillah. It says that Mordecai didn't bow. I loved that somebody holds of something, believes in something, lives with something. The lushing is not that Mordecai didn't bow. The heaven knows the lushing. I would like to read it to you. It doesn't say Mordecai didn't bow. I'd like to read the words to the heaven. I want you to know these words. Says like this. This is very beautiful words. Who Mordecai? Everybody's bowing to listen to this, Simon. Every It says of the Haman. Everybody Haman is bowing to Haman. David, listen. My listen to these words. Because the king commanded because commanded. >> Yeah. Who Mordecai? Who Mordecai? What should it say? Kara did not bow. It doesn't say Mordecai didn't bow. Says who Mordecai he won't bow. Doesn't mean he won't bow. Happened to him. The story happened already? Mhm. So you have What should it say? Mordecai didn't bow. Everybody bowed and Mordecai doesn't say it. You know what it says? Says Mordecai won't bow. Washing future. Like I'm not making it up. I'll read it. Can you ask Says who Mordecai? How do you say Mordecai didn't bow? Mordecai Kara. Means he won't bow. That's a weird way. Won't bow tomorrow? Tomorrow he won't bow? What happened? Everybody's bowing to Haman and Mordecai is not bowing. It doesn't say he's not bowing. It says Mordecai won't bow. What is that, David? It says It's one of my favorite things in Megillas Esther. It doesn't say Mordecai didn't bow. It says Mordecai won't bow. What's You hear the question, Chaim? Are you a question, David? Question, does it say Mordecai didn't bow, David? No, what does it say? Mordecai Won't bow. >> Won't bow. Does that mean it happened already, Daniel? It says everybody bowed and Mordecai not he didn't bow. Mordecai won't bow. How do you know that? You know, I'm predicting the future. He didn't bow. Explains the Gra, which Daniel and Daniel and Yuda mamesh saying. Says the Gra, when a guy doesn't bow, Yitzie said it. When a guy doesn't bow, picture the scenario. Haman walks and everybody's bowing and Mordecai doesn't. So, what do you do if you don't want to bow? You make believe you didn't see him. Mordecai is It's like In Yiddish Rashi says In Yiddish the term is fulleli l'kavod l'leli is machnish visen dig. You make like you don't know. Everybody bows to Mor- to Haman and Mordecai doesn't want to bow. So, what do you do if you don't want to bow? You make like you didn't see. It's not what he did. It Then it would say Mordecai didn't bow. Everybody bowed, he didn't. Why didn't he bow? He just didn't bow. It's not saying It's not Mordecai didn't bow. Mordecai made it clear I won't bow. Mordecai was a mitzias. I bow I I bow to Hashem, not to you. If it said everybody bowed, he didn't bow. I hear he didn't bow. Okay, he made like he didn't see. It wasn't what Mordecai was doing. Mordecai was a mitzayer some loyalist Hashem. He didn't make it like he didn't see. He stared at Haman and it was very clear this man won't bow. I stand for something. I'm about something. Not I didn't bow. He didn't bow but say that there ways to work it out that you don't bow and it just looks like you don't see. The story is not of everybody who bowed and a man who didn't bow. The story is about a man who wouldn't bow. I stand for something. I'm from Hashem. I'm loyal to Hashem Mordecai said. I'm not bowing I'm not bowing to you Haman. I bow to Hashem. So wasn't about a man who didn't bow. Yes, Avyad. Explain. We can't hear. We can't hear. I couldn't agree with you more. Saying Mordecai won't bow is directions. Mordecai was saying something. He didn't bow. I'm not always saying he didn't bow, you know. That's kacha. Maybe he didn't see. But it's like surely like Mordecai won't bow. It's not it's not that he didn't [clears throat] bow. It's a it's a very clear pronounce. Mordecai is not bowing. I agree Avyad that he's that he's talking to us for all eternity. Mordecai does Mordecai is not bowing. Not he didn't bow. Mordecai won't bow. I love that diq of the girl. You ever heard that diq Yehuda? It's one of my fav that diq on the megillah. Mordecai won't bow. Not he didn't bow. I'd like to do something schleim. I want to do something a special treat for the chevre. I ask Reb Ezzy yearly and the mitzvah of shalach manos means the world to me. The mitzvah of shalach manos is that we're prepared of as he? Are you speaking? Yes, very I'll tell the camera that I that I'm like really I spoke yesterday briefly about it. The mitzvah of shalach manos study our people is there a mitzvah claw Israel's grabbed on to more than shalach manos is hard to find. People are busy with shalach manos. I love it. It becomes pleasing your life. Don't be critical of you then you just missed the boat. It's like giving a shmooze too much cash. Stop, stop, stop. Study our people. Study our people. Claw Israel goes nuts from shalach manos. We're so smart. The whole you side of Purim, the whole you side Amalek wants division in our people. There's no space for an omni stroll. For a a nation of Hashem. The grass says that the shirish of Amalek is division in our people. They don't want this shared bottom of Hashem. And fight against Amalek what Haman says yesh na yesh na Amalek mefuza mefura mefura spread out. There's division. Esther Amalek says lech the yidden together. The story of our success is yidden z'zamen. Probably from the nicest scenes from Purim is interesting. As a rav there are people that want me to sit home. Most rabbonim should probably do this. You sit home and people in your congregation come by over Purim. They bring shalach manos. They sit down for lechaim. It's very nice. And I applaud rabbonim do this is amazingly kind. I personally don't do that most years. Now why? You're a rabbinic feel a rav and I feel there's duties of a rav. I want to go around and join you then bring shalach I want to take Israel mayor to bring shalach manos to his friends. I want to they and bring to my friends my I love the scene on the street. Yidden distributing shalach manos, going one to another. It's gorgeous. It's like It's one of the beautiful scenes of Purim Purim morning. Yidden are out on the streets before the seudah in big number. And Yidden are just running around bringing gifts to each other. It's beautiful. That's not a sight That's That's like Purim Yidden we get it. We get it. Leich kanois kol Yehudim. Gather the entirety of our people. Tell you something else. People get nervous at the megillah. You have to hear the whole megillah. But people bring children. So you could start screaming. What's going on? Study our people. Study our people. The minhag Yisrael is everybody comes to shul, by the way. Everybody. So why do you bring in the little kiddies to start Make sure everybody hears. You might have to wait a little longer for Haman. We'll figure it out. Study our people. You know why everybody comes? Cuz that's what Purim says. Leich kanois kol Yehudim. We're not leaving anybody out. Everybody's coming. Bnei Yisrael k'ish echad b'lev echad. We're coming with our kids, our elders. We're all coming. That's the p'shat. We're a smart people, Am Yisrael. What's everybody doing at the megillah? It's so frustrating. The kids are banging Haman. I don't know. We want everybody there. Everybody. We have to make sure the kids don't disturb and then Okay, so we have to wait a little. We'll figure it out. But it's it's it's it's literally We're very smart people. We know what we're doing. And do you say that everybody comes to the megillah is a beautiful minhag Yisrael? We're saying something to Amalek. Amalek wants exclusions, wants disconnect and discord in our people. We're gathering them. U'leish kanois kol Yehudim. One of the most beautiful parts of Purim is that beautiful mitzvah of shalach manos. But Yidden are distributing and bringing. It's like the first part of Purim. I asked the guys to do the mitzvah, to get ready, to be meichal, to give each other shalach manos. I get fresh I ask guys like a guy come come has a suda somewhere. Make sure you did the first but beautiful mitzvah in Klal Yisrael. Reb Ezi, could you share would you share with the Reb the halachas? >> You want it limited to Shalach Manos or Purim? >> No. Purim. I asked Reb Ezi to go through some of the laws of Purim with the Reb. It will not be long but to hear the halachas. Avi, I'll come next to me. Let's listen together. You listen. You go you give you give don't worry. If it's long it's long don't worry. I just meant it will be enjoyable so it won't feel it won't feel long. Like the Reb had mentioned yesterday there's a I'm I'm trying to figure out I have two options. Whether I want to say like what I want to try to figure out what Hashem is saying and I don't really have like a full understanding of like the why. So it's possible that many will come out maybe slightly frustrated like yeah but why? That that that would make it successful. If you come out with nothing it's a failure. If you come out with something it's a success but I'm not specifically who the like focused on the why simply because not I I would like to know why and maybe I'll but I don't know often why. So um in addition everyone's welcome to disagree or argue and in this forum it's happened that like I think it was on Chanukah Reb Joshi correct me I said something and I was mistaken. But you have to you be with me in the sources. I think the Yiddish word would be in a vegan like inside if you see it if you're with me inside in the source you can argue with me. What's that? In a vait? In a vait dig how are you? I put my bagel. Hey now so I hope you can this in the I'm sorry. If you know like what's going on like but if you're just going to tell me like argue with me because like that's not true cuz my fifth grade rebbe made a project with me like that doesn't mean anything to me. And don't get confused between the two. You know what I mean, Yitzy? Okay. So, the first thing that I thought would be worthwhile What? I'm just confused about what you're Already? Yeah, bro. What? >> Okay. It wasn't that deep. He just doesn't care about your fifth grade rebbe. Now he's starting. So, we'll try to keep it to English primarily. But if I veer off, it happens, you know. The what's posted or you see on the top of the R and we have a statement of Simcha. And one of the great I I've heard I think one of the great Mashpi'im has quoted he quoted someone else that to the same degree that if you would see someone and then let's say in the nine days uh before Tisha B'Av he's having like a whole party with music and meat and wine and basar v'yayin, so you'd protest. What do you mean? You're not allowed to do that. So, he said to the same degree if you see someone who's not sufficiently happy in Adar, the same protest should exist. That was the claim. And I hear I definitely appreciate the attitude. I just wonder in the detail if that's correct. There's no halachas that are associated. I'm just pointing out I think it's good to know. At you know, Mishne B'Simcha it's a wonderful time and I'm not trying to kill the party. I don't think it's a halacha. There are no halachas attached to that law to that statement. The statement is saying that there's a certain mazel, there's a certain metzius, there's a reality that just like in the month of Av there was a there was there there's a there's a re'a mazle the Gemara says. It's a time that likewise magdilin zechus l'zman shehu zakai. There's a there's You know what I mean, in the Is it is it am I correct? I don't think they're hard there are no halachas and it's not great. Well, I'm going to drink wine every day you it's it's not maybe it's not a bad idea and whatever you could do you could do. There are no halachas that are associated. It's we say every day that's very significant. Every now in Nissan it's different. It's interesting that in Nissan there's an issue has been attained us and that might be true about Nissan. The difference between Adar Nissan is very interesting. I we we're not going to go very much into it but it's interesting to really that there is no it's it's more to be has been attained us. That says to me that it's not correct that there's a heel of Simcha. There's a that you could tap into and you probably should. It's probably a good idea. There's something going it's it's it's very a mazel. It's a auspicious time. You know what I'm saying? That's the first thing. Now what is true what we do find the one uh I guess I don't know halacha but the one um outcome is that let's say the Gamara says by Israel you have a deal with you have some uh case or some or an court case with a guy you should do it in Adar rather than in the month of Av because it's an auspicious time. I have just me personally I have all these these tolls that I've been getting notices about which is a tremendous might have a perfectly working tag uh easy pass. I go through and I get a notice like oh you didn't pay it now you owe $50 for uh um it's a penalty for so I called them up and I said I will pay the toll in good faith. I'm not paying your $50. Oh that's okay we take it away. I don't know it was that simple. Now there are other things but now they sent it to a third party with whatever. So Av is the time to make that phone call. Now it's a long phone call because you're on the phone for an hour because your we call is very important to us but not as important as the other people that call, right?" So, I'm waiting for it. So, it's But, Adar would be a good time to like we picture like, "Oh, you go to court with the guy." You know, it's not very common by Hashem, but if you have In other words, I think it's true about any sichos. You have some issue with a bunch of especially if they're wronging you like in this case, fight them in the month of Adar. Why? It's an auspicious time. Mishnah Berurah says simcha tells us Lefika, now Rebbe, Lefika Yisrael the is thinking Okay, so that's the first thing. >> to take away from it. No, they're not going to make you less happy. I No, so I I think that's what it's saying. It's not telling you that you must be happy. I don't think that's true. It's telling you it's an auspicious time for Klal Yisrael. There's a good mazel. It's a time that's very auspicious. Okay, that was the first thing. I didn't get to the mitzvahs yet. >> [snorts] >> Now, I'd like to talk a little bit about them like the Rebbe said, not long. A little bit about the mitzvahs. >> clarified Nobody holds that you should do anything to make yourself happy in Adar. Go find me, and I'm not talking about Rebbe Yoshie. You're a Yos Avos, you're a talmid chacham. Don't bring me like the the Likutein books that are very good, but are not the source for our practices. There is no Not in the Gemara and not in the Rishonim, to the best of my knowledge, there are no laws that a person is bound to because of the statement of Mishnah Berurah says simcha. I'm saying what you're going to say, "Do this to be happy." No, be happy. So, now everyone call up and be happy. So, Rebbe Yos is just saying that it's more of an internal avodah. Is that what you're saying? No, I'm saying that there's no You can't say, "Do this to be happy." Why not? Bosor v'ayin, why not? Yom tov is bosor v'ayin. I don't understand. So, eat bosor v'ayin every day. Eat bosor v'ayin? What? Bosor v'ayin You know, what bosor v'ayin is? It's deraisah. It's a shalom shalom bayis. That's it. Uh-huh. Okay. Okay. And the place can say that, all right. So, give me your shita. So, why is there no Why are there no laws? Because if you can't What kind of laws make me happy? What should I do? Okay, so so be happy. Everyone be happy then. I have to I'm saying do I have but it's not in Rambam it should have been in Rambam and Tur. It's not stated in Halacha Mishneh Torah Mishneh Torah. Huh? Go to court with a guy. That's all it says. I don't what? Okay, fine. Um I'm going to move on. I I hear I hear I hear I don't I I don't I I don't know. Uh-huh. Oh, I see. Wait, so we don't pass Mishneh Torah Mishneh Torah because there's no such Okay, uh-huh. Wow. Okay, as usual I met my match here. All right, I'm going to move on. I hear I hear I hear I hear I hear. I have to I I have to be I am O sorry. Um Oh, here's more of the more of the There's a mitzvah with the get out of mitzvahs quickly. The mitzvah Kriat Megillah. Maybe I'm always like amazed. It never ceases to amaze me. Two mitzvahs like I'll give you two extremes. On the other extreme there's a mitzvah of Sukkah. You know, when Hashem gives us a mitzvah so generally it's not extremely uh uh difficult to accomplish. And there's a mitzvah let's say of Sukkah which is always it never it's always astounding to me how lenient the mitzvah of Sukkah just as an contrast I'm giving you. There's Let's say like you're not in the mood or you're feeling like you like the t'fillin is just like not hitting you one day. So you don't want to put it on. You're not patur for the mitzvah of t'fillin because you're not in the mood. In the mitzvah of Sukkah there's a Halacha that if you don't I don't want to say not in the mood but if you it's bothering you the the you're you're you're you're bothered. You're mitztayer. You're not chayev in the mitzvah. It's like amazing, no? The mitzvah of Megillah is like on the opposite extreme. I'm always astounded by the chiymer, [snorts] how stringent it is, that no mitzvah We have a law, we have a rule that oisek b'mitzvah patur min hamitzvah. Did you know that it seems that law is not said by Megillah. It's amazing. Huh? There is, no? It's not. And yet the Shulchan Aruch says ein mitzvah d'Oraisa nidches mipnei mail. Chutz mei'meis mitzvah. Every mitzvah It's amazing. If you're busy doing a an important mitzvah, you're busy doing one mitzvah, and it's time to say Krias Shema, you don't say Krias Shema, you're patur. Oisek b'mitzvah patur min hamitzvah. There's no rule by Megillah. Everything comes to halt. And there are many different illustrations of this. We spoke about like in the Beis Hamikdash, if you find I'll give you I'll give you a more extreme case. Let's say you're walking on the street You're going to shul, and it's time to daven, and you're going to miss I don't know What do you people care about? Zman Tfila, right? And you wanted And you walk into Rachmana litzlan, there's a corpse, there's a yid. Nevacha, dead body that has ein kayv rim. There's nobody So, there's no doubt You don't daven that day. However long it takes you. If there's a mitzvah It's unbelievable. The mitzvah of mikra Megillah And that's true for every mitzvah. There's no mitzvah meis mitzvah. You're talking about a meis mitzvah. When it comes to mikra Megillah, even though it says that what? That chutz mei'meis mitzvah, but our maseches says that's only what? If you have time to do both. You hear the case? Let's say it's mamash the end of Purim. You didn't hear Megillah yet. You have a few minutes left, and there's a meis mitzvah right there. The halacha is you cover the I don't know, you do something about covering the You got to hear the Megillah, and then you'll take care It's like unbelievable. The chiymer of like the You have to hear every word. So, I don't know exactly again the why I don't know. I imagine it has something to do with the message of Megillah is way too important for us to be there and to be present. Now, many people you have to hear every word. That's the way we pass again from we pass like the sheet that if you if you miss it now what's called missing it if you're in the show and you heard the Megillah being read but you weren't quite focused on the words being said again it's levels if you physically heard it and you know that you're there because you're supposed to hear the Megillah on Purim and it's twice so in the night that is considered that you heard the Megillah. Are there but I was spacing out spacing out is not called missing it you know we all had I don't know about you there's a stage that I went through that like you know I missed it so I read along in my yeah I didn't miss it I just like my mind wandered it happens it's a long it's 40 minutes whatever it is so but the idea is you have to hear the Megillah. All right that is the first thing and you have to hear every word and if you miss it or let's say talk to you for whatever reason and you actually didn't hear it so you read in the or whatever you have you you you make up those words as long as it wasn't that most of the Megillah was read in your was read from the Megillah you the midst of that way. If you missed if you missed less than yeah yeah yeah yeah not advisable I mean unless you have a nice spray with it with the with unless you have a good a guy with like a real you know so then you have a nice opportunity but I yeah I yeah. It's possible to catch up that's correct right right right. I'm spaced out but as long as I'm in the room my ears are hearing. Yes. Yes. Correct yeah I know I also like struggle with that like my mind [clears throat] wandered it happens I'm saying how spaced in could I be already all right you're talking about Ezzy. All right, now um Mishloach Manot ish l'reiehu. Okay? The Rebbe described very well yesterday, I can't do better. Um that Mishloach Manot Manot is Manot is two things. Matanot l'evyonim is one, maybe we'll get there. Mishloach Manot is two items. They don't have to be different brachot as opposed to popular opinion. Um [snorts] two two food items are sent to one person. That's one. And it's important to appreciate that the obligation is to send to one man. Which means that the mitzvah Mishloach Manot is fulfilled with one giving a Mishloach Manot. Once Mishloach Manot is fulfilled, you're not obligated. Now, you didn't like the Rebbe mentioned yesterday, we all go who gives one Mishloach I mean who would give one? You want to give more. And that's the halacha that that's stated kol hamarbeh b'Mishloach Manot l'reiehu m'shubach. The more you give, the better. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. So what? But but but but but you fulfilled it already. So this is like taysus Mishloach Manot. If you on Purim, you fulfilled your mitzvah. Now you want to give a Yid a present. You want to give him a nice book, svarim. Or maybe you want to buy him a new kite. Or a jacket. Not He's not going to wear it in shul, of course. But you want to buy him clothing or anything of that Anything he would appreciate. A new watch. That's Mishloach Manot. Huh? I thought it has to be food. It does. But it has to be food for one man. Once you m'kayem You know what I'm saying? Um. There's a dick There's a big distinction between No, the basic and taysus Mishloach Manot. You don't have to Now you don't have to. There's no need to um fulfill all the requirements when it comes to once Mishloach Manot was fulfilled. Now, yes. So we're doing nothing. What? >> Doing nothing. No, you are not doing nothing. You're doing taysus Mishloach Manot. You're being marbeh re'us. You're being marbeh re'us in klal Yisrael. That's the called the main focus of the mitzvah to be marbeiris, to increase camaraderie and friendship and love and brotherhood in klal Yisrael. You are enabling that and fulfilling that through tzeis u'mishloach manos. It's not nothing. It's open in the machaber kol amarbe shluchai u'mishloach. But, it can't be that you have to fulfill all the pitzch gish because you were yatza. If you were yatza, you were yatza the mitzvah. The second one is better to give a meal or a drink instead of all the after you already finished all I don't know. I don't think it's I don't think there's a difference. My answer is I don't think there's a difference. What? See is something wrong? I'm asking a question. I'm ans- I'm me, too. What? You think I'm what? So, you're saying you can't fulfill tzeis u'mishloach manos unless you fill all the pitzch gish? I don't think you need, but I I don't I don't think that's what's happening. I think kol amarbe shluchai l'reiyim l'reiyim is to be marbeiris. That's what the machaber wants from you. Reb New? What come on, please. Kol you're being mishloach l'reiyim. Okay, I want to point out I want to move on because I because what? Huh? Oh, you want No, you want to increase friendship. That's what That's That's the That's the That's for the other reason of of of making sure that everyone has a seudah. I know. I There's a reason. Okay, I don't know. I don't think so. I don't I don't think so. I don't think so. Okay, good. Fine. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway. Um I just want to point out something that I've that and and I base my answer on the maybe I want to know if this works. Um and again, I'm not going to go along starting now. Uh we hope. This Mishna Berurah That's uh very well known with a Mr. Brewer tells us that if you look at a safer called the Binyan Tzion. The Binyan Tzion was by Rav Yonasan Eibeschutz, one of the great Gedolim of the 19th century. And Mr. Brewer tells us that he's mesupak, he's unsure if you're yotzei the mitzvah without a shliach. You need to send it. Maybe you need to send mishloach manos with a shliach. Why? Cuz it says mishloach manos is shlayim. That's what the Mishna Berurah says and from that many have believed that one should send with a shliach. But this came out this was not mentioned not in the Gemara and not in the Rishonim. Now, I I just want to share with you I again if you're if you're inside with me join me. If you're not then I I I I I I I I want you to be with me from the sources. In the Mishna Berurah the Mishna Berurah ends off with the words I'in Sham, which means look over there. So I did and you'll never guess what the Binyan Tzion says. He says, do you think that mishloach manos means to send with a shliach? That's not what it means. It means shiluach, you don't need it to be a matana. Which means let's say you give shlach manos to a dude and he says, oh that's so nice you know, thanks. Or really even if he says, I don't like you get out of here. Don't don't give it to me. The Rama says you're yotzei. You know why? Mishloach manos, you just have to send it. He doesn't have to accept it. Woo! Zoch the Binyan Tzion that's why. Now the Some say really says it depends on the reason. No, both reasons. It says in the pasuk mishloach it means that there's no hakpada on a kabalas matana. Mashanke matanas le evyonim. Woo! So you only have to send it. I Now, to be fair I have it here. He does end off with a line after saying this whole shpitzel of Torah and it's a brilliant as he does a lot with this. Blah. Zuck, there yeah, we call Malcolm all I like to heal a toy soldier schlepped on his idea after Kenya site the cotton Yakub. Maybe it's better to send it out your day after. He does end up with that line. I don't think that this is a I don't think that this is machiavellian one to do this and if I dare say this doesn't exist not again, it's not a Gamara, it's not in Rishonim and the opposite. If you look, the Gamara says that they used to that two of them were Ryan seems like they were brothers. You know what Rashi says on that? That sounds like they exchange it. What exactly is being said? Okay, this one gave him, they gave him. Like it's not saying says Rashi, no. I'll tell you what happened. One year this one friend A would eat by friend B. The next year the other year would eat by his house. You know, I said this that people are very surprised. I you know, if you make a sukkah and you invite people to your home, there is no better key of mishloach manos is like so no, that can't be. Mishloach manos is a basket with the green paper and a theme. That's all so good. That's another way. The no Rabbi, the you someone comes to your house and joins the sukkah, you're mikayem mishloach manos. What do you mean? It says shiluach. That's not what it means. Rabbi, if you look at the Binyan Tzion, it's very clear. It means you don't need a matana. Now, I think this means much more for us like we're very nervous. We want to take the basket and hand it to a guy. You don't need that. If you have food and someone comes to your house and partakes of it or really if he doesn't even if you just invite him. But okay, if he partakes of your food in your house not your house, you are mikayem the mitzvah in the best way. In the best way. Now, the Gamara now Rashi says even more Rashi says that one year this guy, let's Reuben and Shimon, let's call them. I don't remember the names I remember Abaya bar I forget their names. Rabbi Abaya bar Ravin? What? Abaya bar Ravin or Akiva? You know Shas told that's scary. Abaya bar Ravin Akiva bar Ravin, okay, I have to read it but he Joshua knows about that. Machal fish to the side of Adadi. They exchange Oh, that's how Yeah, you had him for you jerk. Abaya bar Ravin Akiva bar Ravin Machal fish to the side of Adadi. Says Rashi one year Abaya would eat by Rav Chanina and the other year Rav Chanina would eat by Abaya. So everybody jumps on Rashi. Everybody jumps. Hey! One year he went to him. How was he mikayem mishloach manos? Now the Gamara is saying a chiddush that what? That What would be the Gamara's chiddush? Rashi's bothered. What's the Gamara saying? They switched sudas. Who There's no The chiddush is that he just went to his house. He didn't give him anything. So everybody jumps. They say as if the the the the the the Everybody jumps. How is he mikayem mishloach manos is shnei ayu? And the Ran argues on Rashi. ZUCK THE BACH. THERE'S TWO WAYS TO BE You ready? You could be mikayem mishloach manos Rabbi Ain base mishloach chiddush. If you come to somebody and have and eat his mishloach manos, you're yoitzin mishloach manos is shnei ayu. You could give. But if you receive ish shnei ayu, you're mikayem the mitzvah. Why? Because you got mishloach manos. Now we don't do that. Why don't we do that? Because the Rambam didn't hold that way, the Ran didn't hold that way, the Machaber didn't hold that way. And in in Poskim it says mishloach manos chayev adam lishloach. We don't do that. So why am I telling you this? Rabbosai, I'm telling you something very simple. If you know a Yid, if you suspect you know somebody who maybe won't be fulfilling the mitzvah and won't be getting If you give Listen to what's being said here. You can't argue on a Rashi. If you give a Yid Mishloach Manot to the Gemara, you're mekayem the mitzvah and you're mezakeh him in the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot each other, you know. You're giving it Now, don't rely on this that you shouldn't give. We should all give our own Mishloach Manot, those of us that are fulfilling the mitzvah. But you hear Rebbe, if there's a Yid who you suspect might not be doing that and you give him Mishloach Manot, you would just mezakeh him in the mitzvah of Mishloach Manot each other, you know. Huh? That's Rashi. That's the way Rashi learns the Gemara. Mechafeis Sudas Yisroel. You know not to argue on a Rashi. Now, we don't pasken that way. We're not meikel like that because we're going to what? We want to do the mitzvah according to the all shitos new. But what? You hear what I'm saying, Aviad? If you know of someone that you suspect won't be at all involved in Purim, you give Mishloach Manot, he just got You got a mitzvah and he got a mitzvah. He got He was mekayem a mitzvah of Mishloach Manot each other, you know. There's more, but we're out of time. Thank you. WE'RE OUT OF TIME. >> [applause] >> IT'S SO COOL. WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND GIVING Mishloach Manot. That's it? Some random Yid, you Yes, boss.