New York, Purim 5753
Reprinted from Cong Kehilath Jacob News

          When you drink wine you forget everything. The world
drinks wine to forget the good and remember the bad. When we
got drunk on Purim, we forget the bad. We even forget how bad
Haman is. We only remember the good in the world... and in
heaven they do the same. On Yom Kippur I am asking forgiveness
for all the bad things I did. But on Purim, I don't have to ask
forgiveness because Heaven only remembers the good.

          An unholy drunkard sees one and thinks it's a hundred. He sees
a hundred and thinks it's a million. On Purim, I see a million and I say I
see only one ... I see the whole world but I say to the Master of the
World,  "I'm sorry, I see only One."

          On Yom Kippur, we don't give gifts to each other because
we are separate from each other.  On Purim we can't stop giving
gifts because we are one.

          Hopefully, one day there will be peace in the world but
every year it begins on Purim.

