REDEMPTION SONGS ~ SCROLL OF ESTHER is an in-depth study series of the actual biblical verses comprising Megillat Esther that contains the canonical story of Purim.
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The fifteenth study segment of chapter nine: “MAKING THE DAY” continues our study of verse 27. It describes our nation’s embrace of the newly minted holiday, Purim!
In the introductory class on this verse, we learnt the literal meaning and then moved far beyond what seems to be a mere documentation Am Yisrael’s acceptance. Upon deeper analysis we revealed multiple layers with profound historic significance.
As per multiple teachings of our Sages, the celebratory observance of Purim embodies much more than a commemoration of an outstanding divine salvation. Instead, it emerges as a watershed moment in the grand sweep of Jewish history; nothing less than completing the process that began at Sinia itself, when the Torah was first given!
In this new Episode we complete that opening thesis; setting the stage that’ll allow us to understand how we make the day everything it was meant to be, and more.
The cadence of the rest of the verse follows the flow of ideas already articulated but now broadened and further developed. And, with an appreciation of just big and event this was, the devotion to preserving its observance for posterity makes perfect sense.
In conclusion, we’ll drill deeper to uncover additional layers of wisdom, understanding and knowledge of this incredibly important historic saga and celebration.
This class is as much an independent, or stand-alone lesson as it’s a continuation and completion of part one. Both together allow for a very full comprehension of key elements of the real subtext of the Purim story, as well as its joyous observances!
Comprising the fifty-eighth consecutive Episode of our ongoing, in-depth discovery series on the biblical Scroll of Esther, this fifteenth class on Chapter Nine has been sponsored by Les and Iris Friedman to commemorate the recently observed Yahrzeit of Iris’s father, Yitzhak ben David.
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