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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Tisa / PURIM 5778
Vol. 14 No. 23, 10 - 16 Adar 5778 / Feb. 25 - Mar. 3, 2018
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Welcome to our special PURIM issue!
This year the festival falls on Wed. night-Thursday (except in Jerusalem, where it is Thurs. night-Friday) Articles 1-4, 7 are for the holiday; #5-6 are for the Shabbat Torah Reading. Dedication
For the soul-elevation ofAryeh-Leib ben Eliyahu HaKohen (Leon A. Lauterbach) on the occasion of the seventh yahrzeit, on 13 Adar/Fast of Esther/Erev Purim.
And for the birthdays of three of his great-grandchildren, Golda-Hadassah, Aryeh-Leib and Michal Tilles, born on the 12th, 14th (Purim!) and 18th of Adar respectively. Mazaltov! |
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| Festival of PURIM | |
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Purim and the Secret of Wine
— In wine we see an allusion to the possibility of unlimited growth and improvement.
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Knowing How to Not Know
— At the Purim festive meal, we are able to draw the light of the divine spark that is within the kelipot, without illuminating the kelipot themselves.
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The Appeal of Evil
— If Vashti removes all her masks, she instantaneously loses all of her appeal and charm….the "clothes" of evil have no "emperor" within them.
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Dressed for (Evil) Success
— The forces of evil usually present themselves in garments of holiness.
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Our Super Shabbat Soul
— The additional soul we receive on Shabbat is an expression of a higher love for G-d.
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Sins, Snakes, & Golden Calf
— At the giving of the Torah, the blemish of sin was removed from the world
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| Mystic Story | |
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The Purim Code
— Rabbi Michoel-Dov Wessmandl asked me, "Did I ever tell you how many letters there are in the Book of Esther?"
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