Sholom Ber Wineberg

May it be G-d’s will that all the above lead to the coming of Mashiach. The power of this request is intensified, in particular, because we will conclude with distributing money to be given to tzedekahWhich, as our Sages state (Bava Basra 10a), brings the...

Based on the explanations in the previous sections, it is necessary to understand why we say: “This matzah that we eat – what is its reason? Because the dough of our ancestors did not have the opportunity to rise.” The matzah that we eat (after the Giving...

It is possible to explain The concepts explained in the first section were fundamentally a review of the maamarim on this theme in Likkutei Torah and by the subsequent Rebbeim. In this section, the Rebbe develops several new concepts, not mentioned by the...

“This matzah that we eat – what is its reason? Because at the time of the Exodus from Egypt, the dough of our ancestors did not have the opportunity to rise before the King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them....

Our Sages teach,Pesachim 116b. “In every generation, a person is obligated to see himself as if he is leaving Egypt.” “Our hearts are drawn after our actions.”Sefer HaChinuch, mitzvah 16. Thus, to heighten our awareness of that experience, G-d commands us...

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...