Esther’s
Cheilek in the Neis of Purim came because she had a specific Zechus. It was the
Zechus of Tzniyus that Esther had. What Zechus did Mordechai have?
In the
Sfas Emes 637 (Taf Reish Lamed Zayin) he explainsthe Posuk 2:11 יא וּבְכָל-יוֹם
וָיוֹם--מָרְדֳּכַי מִתְהַלֵּךְ, לִפְנֵי חֲצַר בֵּית-הַנָּשִׁים: לָדַעַת
אֶת-שְׁלוֹם אֶסְתֵּר, וּמַה-יֵּעָשֶׂה בָּהּ Mordechai didn’t miss a
day. This was a big thing because this was over a few years that Mordechai
checked on Esther every day and this was the Zechus that caused Mordechai to
have a part in the Neis. This idea of giving and not being selfish is the
Yesoid of the whole miracle of Purim. Everything that happened was because of a
tremendous giving.
Esther
gave and was sacrificing her whole life, literally as it says in 4:16 וְכַאֲשֶׁר
אָבַדְתִּי, אָבָדְתִּי She was
forced to be in the house of Achashveiroish where she didn’t want to be.
Mordechai
also gave as it says in 10:3 ג כִּי מָרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי, מִשְׁנֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, וְגָדוֹל לַיְּהוּדִים, וְרָצוּי לְרֹב אֶחָיו--דֹּרֵשׁ טוֹב
לְעַמּוֹ, וְדֹבֵר שָׁלוֹם לְכָל-זַרְעוֹ We know that Mordechai
went down in a Ruchniyas Madreiga because he got involved with being a Prime
Minister for Achashveiroish. That was the most selfless thing he could do. To
give up his Madreiga in Ruchniyas for Klal Yisrael and Mordechai did it. This
was the Zechus that Mordechai had. This is the Yesoid of Purim.
(9:27) כז קִיְּמוּ
וקבל (וְקִבְּלוּ) הַיְּהוּדִים
Originally, Klal Yisrael was Mekabeil the Torah for selfish reasons because
Hashem threatened them with a mountain on their heads, so they had self
interest. Here they were Mekabeil without self interest.
Maseches
Megillah begins with דף ב, א משנה מגילה נקראת
בי"א בי"ב בי"ג בי"ד בט"ו This Inyan of when the Megillah can be read is really a side
Inyan of Purim. Why does the Masechta start this way? The truth is it is the
same idea. The Gemara explains that the people who lived in the cities
sacrificed because they would rather Lain the Megilla on Purim, however, for
the sake of the people who came in from the surrounding smaller towns they had
a Laining on the 11th, 12th, or 13th. This is also a Madreiga of giving.
This
connects to Parshas Tetzaveh because in the Parsha we have all the Begadim of
the Kohen and at the end of the Parsha we have the Mizbai’ach Haketores. The
Mizbai’ach Haketores doesn’t belong in Parshas Tetzaveh and the Rishonim
starting from the Ramban talk about it.
Rav
Moshe used to say, that the reason that the Mizbai’ach Haketores is in Parshas
Tetzaveh is because this Parsha talks about the Middah of a Gadol B’yisrael.
The Gemara says that the Ketoires smelled as far away as Yericho. They gave.
A Kallah
in Yerushalayim didn’t have to put on perfume because they were Nehena from the
Ketoires. The Ketoires gave Hana’a all over the place. Rav Moshe used to say
that is why the Ketoires is in the Parsha of the Bigdei Kohen and Kohen Gadol.
The Kohanim always had to be dressed in the Middah of giving.
Mordechai
is learned out from the Torah because of the words Mar D’ror which comes from
the Ketoires which is this Middah of giving. This is the Yesoid of Purim. Purim
is a Yom Tov of giving not only of your money but also of your Koiches to your
Avoidas Hashem.
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