Torah Light

At Sinai, the Jews so desired to serve G-d, that they accepted the Written Torah before they had even heard it. But when it came to the complexities of the Oral Torah, their joy was halfhearted. Not until the miracle of Purim did all the Jews wholeheartedly accept the Oral Torah.

The Megillah itself alludes to this in the verse: “The Jews had light, joy, gladness and glory.” The Talmud explains that the Hebrew word here, ‘Ora - light,’ refers to Torah. In Hebrew, 'ora' and 'or' both mean light, but grammatically, 'ora' is the feminine form. The Megillah hints that on Purim the Jews internalized Torah's “feminine light” - the Oral Torah, which receives and derives from the Written Torah - the “masculine light”.

According to Torah, the word “light” has two meanings: “Brightness” and “Torah.” When does a Jew have a bright life materially? When he has Torah's light. If one wants today to be filled with light, then today he must bring in the Light of Torah.