{"id":23203,"date":"2017-03-12T00:07:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T05:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyzohar.com\/?p=23203"},"modified":"2017-03-12T00:07:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T05:07:19","slug":"shabbat-zachor-and-purim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?p=23203","title":{"rendered":"Purim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br>\n<strong>Purim<\/strong><br>\nThis holiday is about disconnecting from the force of Amalek that brings doubts and death wherever it is allowed to enter. On Purim we have opportunity to tap into the highest level of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Keter&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?glossary=keter\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Keter<\/a>.<br>\nThe important spiritual connections that elevate us to the level that brings miracles are:<br>\n<strong>Giving <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/connection-to-life\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Half-a-Shekel <\/a><\/strong><br>\nIf you miss giving Half-a-Shekel on Purim you can do it until <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Rosh Chodesh&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Hebrew &amp;quot;&#1512;&#1488;&#1513; &#1495;&#1493;&#1491;&#1513;,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Rosh Chodesh,&amp;quot; literally means &amp;quot;the head of the month,&amp;quot; new moon.The first day of the Hebrew month. The day of the new moon or immediately after. When the new moon starts on the last day of the month, we celebrate two days of Rosh Chodesh. In such a case, the second day is always the first day of the new month.On Rosh Chodesh, a new light appears in the world, and as the celestial element closer to earth, we are strongly affected by its position to other planets and distance from earth.It&amp;#039;s a positive day, and we make more studies and spiritual connections to draw greater Light on this day. In the Holy Temple, the priest sacrificed a goat to give the other side something to get busy with while we benefit from the Light revealed on that day. It&amp;#039;s a good day to give Tzedakah and light candles for Tzadikim. Even if there is no hilulah of Tzadikim on that day, some have the custom to light a candle for Rabbi Meir Baal Haness to receive protection and miracles during the coming month&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?glossary=rosh-chodesh-2\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Rosh Chodesh<\/a> Nisan.<br>\n<strong>Giving <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/contributions\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Tzedaka <\/a><\/strong> to open the gates if <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Yessod&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Yessod is the sefira that delivers light, and nourishments that sustain life in the world. Joseph is the chariot (vehicle) for the sefira of Yessod. He controlled the sustenance of Egypt and the world, and he is a channel of sustenance.We connect to Yessod through studies, Tzedaka, and Tzadikim.Friday is Yessod of the week. Kislev is Yessod of the months.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?glossary=yessod\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Yessod<\/a> and connect to life energy.<br>\n<strong>Sharing food (Mishloach Manot).&nbsp; <\/strong> to be p art of a big vessel, going beyond the desires for the self.<br>\n<strong>Giving gift to the poor.<\/strong> Rich or poor, we all have a soul that comes from the light. Giving to the poor allow us to continue to be a channel of sustenance and blessings to others.<br>\n<strong>Listen to reading of Megilat Esther<\/strong> (scroll of Esther). With the reading we break the force of Amalek, remove death, and connect to life and miracles.<br>\nFor your convenience we have two links to a video of the Megilah reading by Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Brandwein ZT&rsquo;L, who was the son of the Kabbalist, Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein, ZT&rdquo;L<br>\nSee previous post.<br>\n<strong>Drinking<\/strong> with consciousness of disconnecting from the desires of the body and be joyous with the great Light of Purim. Wild parties and getting drunk to a state of vomiting and falling on the floor is&nbsp; disconnection from the Light of Purim.<br>\nDrink until you are &lsquo;Light&rsquo; headed, not until you lose control.<br>\n<strong>Morning prayers and Torah reading<\/strong>&nbsp;this is where we can elevate our soul to <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Keter&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?glossary=keter\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Keter<\/a>.<br>\n<strong>The meal of Purim<\/strong>.&nbsp; Locking the Light of Purim connections with proper breaking bread, consciousness and the blessings of the food. It&rsquo;s better to have teh meal as early as possible after the morning prayers.<br>\nDo your best to make all or most connections and remember that Kabbalistic Purim is about keeping consciousness with the Light, not with the pleasures of food and drinks. It can easily connect you to the negative side and make you lose whatever Purim Light that you have.<br>\n&nbsp;<br>\nBelow is a high level connection for our souls to the Light of Purim.<br>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.dailyzohar.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2FThe-Ari-On-Purim.pdf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:500px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p><p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/The-Ari-On-Purim.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 628KB)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Purim This holiday is about disconnecting from the force of Amalek that brings doubts and death wherever it is allowed to enter. On Purim we have opportunity to tap into the highest level of <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Keter&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.dailyzohar.com\/?glossary=keter\" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;data-cmtooltip&quot;, &quot;format&quot;:&quot;html&quot;}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Keter<\/a>. The important spiritual connections that elevate us to the level that brings miracles are: Giving Half-a-Shekel If you miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Purim - Daily Zohar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Purim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Purim This holiday is about disconnecting from the force of Amalek that brings doubts and death wherever it is allowed to enter. 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