Purim: The Mitzvos Hayom

Hi, this is David Olawsky wishing everybody a freilichen Purim or a freilichen Shushan Purim. Uh for all my usual lion friends. And uh I hope you enjoy the day. Remember uh drink responsibly uh if at all. Remember the Rama says you just have to drink a revi'is of wine, which is 3.3 oz since it's a mitzvah ad d'rabbonan according to Reb Moshe Feinstein. And uh then take a nap for a half an hour. So um uh you you don't have to drink ad d'lo yada. You're sleeping, so you don't know. Yeah. The Be'er Heitev says you have to drink enough so that you can't work out that Baruch Mordechai and Arur Haman is the same in gematria. So for most people that's just a sip cuz they can't work out the math anyway. >> [snorts] >> So let's remember what the mitzvahs uh hayom are. At night there's a mitzvah to hear the Megillah. And there is the Mishnah Berurah says mitzvah of seudas Purim. Some sort of seudah. Parenthetically, if you keep regular Purim, there's a mitzvah also of seudas Purim on Shushan Purim. If you keep Shushan Purim, it's a mitzvah of seudas uh seudah on regular Purim. Um and then during the day you have to hear the Megillah. And from a kosher clock. Yeah. Not to be confused with a kosher clock, which is the little thing that holds your little lift together. You have to give out shalach manos. Two different uh brochos to one person. You only have to give to people, one person. Um matanos la'evyonim, enough uh money right? Two coins to two aniyim. They have to go to two aniyim. Uh I heard a posek say once uh what is considered enough? He says, "Well, ideally it's supposed to be used towards their um towards their seudah. So, uh you have to give enough to He He gave an example of like to buy a shawarma. Now it be. Now whether it means a shawarma in a pita or a shawarma in a lafa or whether it means a chatzi chatzi, I'm not getting that involved. Yeah. And matanos l'evyonim. And uh you should try to find somebody reliable. And it's not supposed to be just to aniyim. It's supposed to ideally goes to evyonim. And that's why this Brisker guy says to his friend, he says, "I found mamash an evyon, like the poorest of the poor. I saw him. He's living on the street in a cardboard box. He mamash has nothing." He says, "This is terrible. We should help this poor guy." He says, "What? Then I won't have him for next year." >> [laughter] >> And of course, mitzvas seudah. Yeah. Um the drinking is a din in the seudah. It is not a din uh stam. And Reb Moshe Shmuel made this very clear. There is no mitzvah to drink at night. And the mitzvah to drink is wine. Ideally, not alcohol. Because as the Avudraham says, all the nisim took place at a seudas yayin. And wine is uh considered uh you know, the ideal. And yayin begematria is 70, which is the same as sod, nichnas yayin yotzei sod, etc. So, um those are the mitzvos. And uh remember, it's you know, to make shalom bayis ish u're'eihu and uh to bring happiness and simcha. And so, im yirtzeh Hashem, all of us will fulfill the mitzvos correctly. I know some people will always get depressed on Purim cuz they feel the pressure of being happy. And it just depresses them. Don't think about it. Just don't worry, be happy. Purim Sameach, everybody.