"On Purim One Merits Adam Kadmon" • The Daily Lesson from the Gaon and Tzaddik

Before you is a summary from the daily lesson as delivered by our teacher, the Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a (may he live long and good days)—yesterday after the Maariv (evening) prayer, Tuesday night, the 11th of Adar, Parshas Ki Tisa:

In another three hours, at Chatzos (midnight), all the boys will study 12 pages of Gemara (Talmud). Rabbi Yochanan brought Rav Kahana out of the grave; they asked Rav Kahana, "What are they talking about in Heaven?" He told them, "You will die in another month, you will die in another two months." They went to Rabbi Yochanan and said to him, "Why did you bring him out of the grave? People are dying in the streets from fear." Rabbi Yochanan said to him, "Leave Tiberias and return to Babylonia." Every man should read Likutey Halachos (the primary work of Reb Noson of Breslov) with his wife, and also read page 117. And also read Likutey Halachos regarding Rachav. Chanah was a gilgul (reincarnation) of Tzillah, Rachav, and Chavah (Eve). "Alatz" (rejoiced) is to rectify the "Tzela" (the rib/side of Adam). "My mouth is enlarged (rachav) over my enemies" is to rectify Rachav; all that Rachav sinned for forty years was because they were delayed in the desert. "Ramah" refers to Devorah the Prophetess, Adam Kadmon (the primordial spiritual realm). On Purim, one merits Adam Kadmon; Mordechai ascended to Adam Kadmon. Everyone should study Likutey Halachos, Matnah 5 (the fifth discourse on the laws of gifts); the entire story of Chanah who prayed "Al Hashem" (above Hashem)—above the Name Havayah (the Tetragrammaton). She drew down the light of Chanukah seven hundred and sixty-three years before it occurred. The woman is the one who draws down the light of Chanukah. All the girls should study Tanach (Bible) and say Tikkun Chatzos (the Midnight Lament), and wake up on time. They will be principals, then seminaries will open, and all the girls will travel to Rav Ashi and to Uman instead of to Rafah and Khan Yunis. At the Golani Junction, they found the tunnel that Antoninus built to Tzippori, and it is so high that even if one rides a horse, they do not reach the ceiling. He used to study as a chavrusa (study partner) with Rabbi (Judah the Prince). The girls did not give their gold for the Golden Calf, but for the Mishkan (Tabernacle) they did give; they kept nothing for themselves. But for the Calf, they refused to give, and all the men tore half an ear off them. Therefore, they [the women] received Rosh Chodesh (the New Month as a holiday). Everyone should study Matnah 5 regarding Chanah, who prayed for Mashiach (the Messiah). After Noah was in the Ark for twelve months, he did not taste the "taste of sleep," so he was supposed to bring the King Mashiach. And this is the "olive leaf" (aleh zayit), but Canaan did not agree for King Mashiach to come. Because all the nations, when the Ten Commandments were given, they all went to Bilaam and said to him, "What is the point of living if it is forbidden to steal or to murder? 'By your sword you shall live'—from where will we have vitality (chayus)!? If it is forbidden to commit adultery, we will go crazy! What do we have to do at night? Shall we get up for Chatzos and go study?" All this is written on page 116 of Tractate Zevachim. Bilaam said to them, "This is only forbidden for Jews; for you, it is permitted." They said to him, "If we steal, the ceiling will fall on us." He promised them that the ceiling would not fall, and then they believed he was a true prophet. This is like a woman who said that if it is forbidden to eat on Yom Kippur, then let the ceiling fall. The ceiling did not fall, so she ate until the age of 18. Then she got married, and after a month her husband drowned in the sea; she then understood that the ceiling does indeed fall. The ceiling might not fall today, but it will fall tomorrow, in another month, another year, or in a few years. So Noah was supposed to bring Mashiach, and the one who committed the indecent act was Canaan, as written in the Zohar Chadash. For Canaan said, "If Mashiach arrives, then it is impossible to steal or murder, it is impossible to do anything! We get drunk until the morning..." On Purim, it is forbidden to get drunk; it is written in the Kol Bo that this is a Torah prohibition. It is only permitted to drink a revi'is (approx. 3.3 fl oz) of grape juice. Thus, on Purim, it is possible to bring the soul of Mashiach. Everyone should study with his wife Matnah 5, section 61. The girls should say Tehillim (Psalms) until Chatzos, and the boys should study twelve pages of Gemara.