Will We Get Drunk on Purim When Mashiah Comes?
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| ו תְּנוּ-שֵׁכָר לְאוֹבֵד; וְיַיִן, לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ. | 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul; |
However, in the future, he says, our happiness will be complete and there will be no need to get drunk on Purim.
May that day come speedily in our days, Amen.
posted by yaak @ 3/05/2019 03:22:00 PM
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Of course, that should be obvious, as once Moshiach is here and evil will be done with together with the evildoers, there will be no need for getting tipsy. It's hard to grasp the idea of a world without the yetzer harah - 'may that time come speedily'!
Amen!
For years, I was very adamant about getting drunk on Purim. Not only was that for halachic reasons but I merited being part of some very drunken feasts that had massive importance in my life. Some very real avodat hashem goes on. If you like, I can share a Torah by the Sod Yesharim that explains it in a very deep and meaningful manner. But I am considering not drinking this year. It will be the most major change I have made in my avodat hashem in many years (the last one being that I began eating kitniyot on Pesach about ten years ago). Maybe my being sober on Purim is because the geula is really right around the corner.
AMEN!!
A permanent high that won't disable us! In fact, we'll be better than ever!
May the time come quickly!
Eliyahu,
While I am pretty sure you didn't say that you started changing your personal minhag due to an imminent Geula, people may have read it that way. I want to caution people from changing any halacha or minhag due to thinking that the Geula is here or almost here. This is a slippery slope and there have been stories of people not fasting on Tish'a Be'av or other fasts due to this and such behavior is 100% wrong. I just wanted to clarify that point.
One other point: if I were asked, I would continue to advise Ashkenazim not to eat kitniyot on פסח.
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