Trust in God as a loving father despite all odds, terrible
decrees, undeserving people and a seeming total absence of any spiritual presence, required training of such magnitude that it forever remained in the consciousness of our people, and will stand us in good stead even in the time when the dawn breaks and history reaches its final shining destiny.
"All the holidays will cease except Purim, as it says: And its memory will not cease from their descendants"
(Esther 9:28) (Midrash, Yalkut Shimoni, Mishlei 9)
Darkness Before the Dawn 127 Insights Into The Megillah The Malbim Esther Amalek - Blinded by Nature Purim teaches us how to relate to G-d in a time when seas don't split, when bushes don't burn, when plagues don't befall our enemies. The story of Purim occurred after the destruction of the First Temple, when the era of prophecy was coming to a close. People no longer saw open miracles. It was a time of concealment.
List of Dates Purim will occur on the following days on the
American calendar:
February 26, 2002 (Jewish Year 5762)
March 18, 2003 (Jewish Year 5763)
March 7, 2004 (Jewish Year 5764)
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