Haman
decreed the destruction of the Jewish people on only one day saying, if the
Yidden will make a Yom Tov out of this if it turns around, then why should they
get a long holiday, let it be for only one day. Of course, we have taken
Nekama, because Yeshiva boys celebrate Purim for at least a month.
The
Satmar Rebbe writes in the Divrei Yoel in the name of his Grandfather, that we
know all of Tanach was given to Moshe Rabbeinu at Har Sinai. That being the
case, it would include all 24 books of Tanach that were given at Har Sinai.
Naturally, Moshe couldn’t publicize what was written in those books as it had
not taken place yet. When we find in the Posuk ( וַיֹּאמֶר יְרוָר אֶל-מֹשֶׁה,
כְּתֹב זֹאת זִכָּרוֹן בַּסֵּפֶר, וְשִׂים, בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:
כִּי-מָחֹה אֶמְחֶה אֶת-זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק, מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם) Sim B’oznai Yehoshua, meaning put in Yehoshua’s ears, the
Satmar Rebbe Teitches this to mean that in every generation the Gadol Hador
knew the story that was unfolding. He had already read the book of Nach and
knew what was going to happen and nevertheless kept it a secret that was passed
from one Gadol Hador to the next.
He
writes that Mordechai knew the story of Purim as it unfolded, and says it is a
B’feirush in a Posuk. It says in the Megillah 4:1א וּמָרְדֳּכַי, יָדַע אֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה,
וַיִּקְרַע מָרְדֳּכַי אֶת-בְּגָדָיו, וַיִּלְבַּשׁ שַׂק וָאֵפֶר; וַיֵּצֵא
בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר, וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדוֹלָה וּמָרָה So it says that Mordechai knew everything that was taking
place. However, it used what was taking place between Haman and Achashveiroish
to effect a Teshuva movement by Klal Yisrael.
The Vort
itself is a big Chiddush for an Acharoin to say, however, the Mussar from it is
extraordinary. Imagine that you are an actor in a play, and you have the script
so you know everything that is going to happen. Part of the play is that
someone dies and they cry over his death and someone has difficulties like
poverty or illness. As all good plays you know that it has a happy ending. When
you are acting out the part of sadness, you are not upset or depressed. You are
only worried about performing your part properly.
So what
the Satmar Rebbe is basically saying is, the mask of Oilam Hazeh is such that
our challenge is just to perform our parts properly, however, the sadness that
comes with difficulties is somewhat mitigated if one looks at themselves with וּמָרְדֳּכַי, יָדַע אֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה, and the person knows what should take
place.
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