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A Lesson from King Achashveirosh
Purim, 5733 • March 13, 1973
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12 Adar, 5745 · February 25, 1985
An address to children:
Thousands of years ago there lived the wicked Haman, who wanted to do bad to the Jewish
People. But they were not afraid, and they remained loyal to Judaism, to Mordechai and
Esther, and to their teachers who showed them how a Jew should live his daily life.
What connection does Haman have to a Jewish child today?
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Farbrengen, Purim, 5732 • February 29, 1972
Haman, bitter enemy of the Jews, said of their misdeeds, “the Jewish nation is slumbering.”
Even their worst enemy perceived that a Jew’s heart is inseparable from G-d. The Jew is merely asleep sometimes, and his heart’s true desire cannot be expressed through our sleeping body.
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Purim, 5733 • March 18, 1973
Mordechai and Esther are the heroes of Purim, yet the Megillah is named only after Esther. And the initiative that the Megillah be included among the books of the Bible came specifically from Esther. Why is Esther given the spotlight, when her success depended on Mordechai’s plan?
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Purim, 5732 · February 29, 1972
"On that night the king's sleep was disturbed…" Taken literally this verse refers to King
Achashverosh. But the Midrash explains a deeper dimension: "The sleep of the King of the
universe was disturbed" - G-d Himself "woke up."
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