In Megillas Esther, Hashem’s name is not mentioned, but He’s there – running the show behind the scenes. So, too, in every difficulty in our lives, Hashem is right there with us, even if we can’t see Him.
When the miraculous turnaround of Purim manifested itself and Hashem’s Hidden Presence was revealed, we can now understand why the Jews accepted the Torah anew with such an outpouring of love and simchah. Before this revelation, they were already coming from a deep place of hakaras ha’tov (gratitude) and love for their Creator. It’s only natural that when the y’shuah came, that they only intensified these emotions.
We know that Hashem runs His world midah k’neged midah, measure for measure. Purim is a day of simchah because the Jews were b’simchah, doing t’shuvah, praying for mercy and fasting at a time when all seemed lost and hopeless. It’s for this that they were rewarded.
But we need to clarify what simchah means. Simchah is an inner light and peace, a sense of clarity, and connection to truth. It’s knowledge of Hashem that has penetrated the heart. For this reason, we can be crying, begging Hashem for mercy, and still be b’simchah, because our tears and petitions are only an expression of our emunah that everything Hashem does is for the good, that Hashem is listening to our requests, that He will give us exactly what we need, and that Hashem has infinite ways to bring a y’shuah – one that can come in an instant.
When we are b’simchah, the whole world could seem to be crashing down around us, turned on its head, and hopeless. Storms could be raging, but we don’t budge. We are not moved from the truth we know in our hearts, nor from our connection to Hashem. Instead, we see every experience as an opportunity to grow spiritually, gain clarity and wisdom, and ultimately come closer to Hashem.
(Material was previously published on www.ShiratMiriam.com.)
List of People Who Need a r’fuah sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Yossi Azriel ben Chayah Michal
Aviel ben Ktziyah Batyah
Eliyahu ben Sophia
Mordechai ben Rachel Anba
Nissim ben Devorah
Ezra ben Farida
Yossi ben Vardit
Yaakov ben Mazal
Nissan ben Yael
Yehoshua ben Miriam
Eliyahu ben Miriam
Aharon Mordechai ben Sharon
Moshe ben Rachel
Gavriel ben Imo-Shalom
Marik ben Tamara
Yitzchak ben Chanom Chanah
Yosef ben Leah
Shlomo ben Miriam
Shalom Baruch ben Malkah Freida
Ilay Eliezer ben Rivah Rivkah
Misha Moshe ben Tamara
Meir Yaakov ben Esther
Shlomo Hartzel ben Eka
Chaim Zanvil ben Sarah Dinah
Reuven HaKohen ben Golda
Amram ben Perla
Arkady Avraham ben Mazal
Itai ben Ahuvah
Eliyahu ben Rachel
Pinchas Yitzchak ben Beila
Yosef Gideon Yaakov ben Peninah
Yaakov Reuven ben Brachah
Rachamim ben Rachel Leah
Tovah Yocheved bas Esther Bukas
Ruchamah Perel Malkah Leah bas Chanah Serel
Esther Hadasah bas Devorah
Alizah bas Miriam
Shoshanah Shurah bas Zina
Luna bas Rachel
Malkah bas Miriam
Malkah bas Reicha Shifrah
Adele bas Adi
Evon bas Sally
Karen bas Rachel
Chavah bas Sarah
Brachah Chanah bas Sarah
Tovah Chanah bas Sarah Devorah
Rachel bas Edith
Chanah Elianah bas Naomi
Gittel bas Malkah
Mira Gitta bas Beila Mariasha
Adele bas Sofia Sarah
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