Purim (Part VIII): Purim Torah

00:00 The and continuation to the earlier installments regarding Purim, what took place by the Rebbe Purim and the Rebbe's insights on Purim. We continue now with installment number eight, discussing the concept of a Purim Torah. In a Purim Torah 1960, the Rebbe said the following, "It is customary on Purim to say a Purim Torah, which means something that doesn't really have a very strong foundation, but since it is referred to with this Torah, with this title that it's a Purim Torah, so therefore it has a true foundation." In a this was the Shabbos after Shavuot 1987, the Rebbe briefly mentioning about a Purim Torah when he was referring to a, a, an explanation of a- another topic. Rebbe said the following, " simple, that the the intention is not to show and tricks or to say Purim Torah. And although Purim Torah is the of Torah, not just a joke which is empty, nevertheless, the using the title Purim Torah that is not just Torah, but it's a Purim Torah does not bring out the quality of this Torah, but on the contrary, it is to add more in the be more mellow." In a Purim that is 1985, the Rebbe said the following, "People make a mistake by explaining that Purim Torah is a of mockery, but in reality to say that because and Torah are two opposites. Torah is the tool through which we connect with Hashem, and on the other hand, mockery is the opposite, exactly the opposite, as the Talmud tells us

02:23 in the tractate of Sota that the group of those that make are amongst the group, groups that do not receive, will not greet the . And the Rebbe continues and explains that the Purim Torah is that instead of being and exuding oneself in the depth of the topic that is discussed as and Torah with very delicate and, uh, understanding of the topic. So when it comes to Purim Torah, it's more on the surface. It is basically something that is connected to and brings an increase in joy. Uh, but nevertheless, it's a of Torah like all other in Torah." During the Purim 1967, the Rebbe related a Purim Torah that he heard as a child in Cheder. Rebbe said the following, "When they would give over a Purim Torah in the Cheder," Rebbe brings an episode of what took place. One person said that is . means wine, means cake. So they said that the word is the same numerical value as . So they asked him, "how could it be? It, it's, it doesn't equal because is 70 and is 138, so they're not the same." So the person answered, "There is a solution for that, that a person should take another time ." So they asked him, "Twice two times 70 is 140, so it's already more than which is 138." So, so then he said, "If so, take another piece of which is the cake." So they asked him, "Twice two times 138 is 276, is a lot more than twice which

04:58 is 140, and even more than three times which three times 70 is 210." So he said, the person answered, "You have to take so much and so much wine till one of the other takes place. Either the calculation is gonna equal up, or he will fulfill the mitzvah of not knowing the difference between Haman So the Rebbe concludes, "If he does not know the difference, he cannot differentiate between Haman surely he cannot differentiate if 70 is equal to 138, or it's more, or it's less."