ע"כ קראו לימים האלה פורים, פורים (מאמר ב), ה'תשי"ג (מוגה)

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On this basis, we can understand the verse, “For this reason, these days were called Purim, in commemoration of the lot,” which indicates that the lot was a positive influence. For, in the spiritual realms, the lot fell according to G-d’s essential intent...

In the previous sections, the maamar described two levels of G-dly light: a) The Divine light that maintains Seder HaHishtalshelus, the Spiritual Cosmos (in chassidic terminology, the Divine light that is memale kol almin). On this level, there is an orde...

It is possible to explain that the reason Haman cast a lot to reach the level of a lottery that transcends Seder HaHishtalshelus, even though at that time [in the days of Achashverosh, even before Haman cast the lot,] everything that transpired was contro...

The concepts explained above can be connected to the interpretation of the name Achashverosh found in another source.Or HaTorah, Megilas Esther, p. 24ff. The name Achashverosh can be divided as “achash verosh.”See also Torah Or, Hosafos, p. 118a, which ma...

Further clarification is, however, necessary: According to the above explanation, that through the pur, the lot, Divine energy was drawn forth from G-d’s infinite light, the level of the Master of the will, and as a result, atonement was granted for all t...

Based on the above, it is possible to explain the connection between the two interpretations of the name Yom HaKippurim: a) that on this day, atonement is granted for all undesirable conduct (the simple meaning of the word kippurim, “atonement”), and b) t...

The lofty quality of a lottery is well known.Torah Or, p. 121a; Or HaTorah, Megilas Esther, pp. 28, 164, 167, 171. It transcends (not only intellect, but also) the power of will that transcends intellect. For when a person casts a lot, he decides that the...

The above can be understood on the basis of the explanations in Torah OrTorah Or, pp. 92d, 95d; Hosafos, p. 121a. that Purim and Yom Kippur share a connection with each other.See Tikkunei Zohar, Tikkun 21 (p. 57b), which states: “The name Purim is derived...

“For this reason, these days were called Purim, in commemoration of the lot.”Esther 9:26. Based on the well-known concept that an entity’s name reflects its nature,Tanya, Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah, ch. 1; Teshuvos UBiurim, sec. 1 (also printed in the Rebb...