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Polls often offer a wrong choice: you either believe in God, or you don’t. But faith is more complex.
Purim’s Jewish holiday is celebrated on 13–14 March, symbolizing this tension. This is considered a holier compared to Yom Kipping, yet it is a story of existence where God is never mentioned, and no excessive miracle.
It is based on Esther’s book, which is found in Jews and Christian bibals. Scholars say that Jesus celebrated it in John 5: 1 in anonymous feast.
A Cuttack of the painting of 1865 condemned Esther, condemning Esther. (Istock)
As a child I did not celebrate Halloween, so Pramam was replacement. This is a holiday of careless happiness. You dress up, drink and party. It was a religious excuse for a Jewish version of Mardi Grass.
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But there are layers of meaning below the revelation. We read Esther Scroll, exchange food baskets and give charity. Many people consider it to be sacred compared to the fasting and prayer of Yom Kipping because it increases worldly – transforming food and drink into a spiritual purpose. It also makes more efforts to find meaning in the chaos of life than the structure of rituals.
But if it is so sacred, why is it based on a book in the Bible where God and supernatural are left? Imagine the Easter without the revival of Jesus, erase a miracle of eight oil of oil without the division of the sea, or one day of Hanukka. What will be left? Is there not divine intervention – and God – the full point of a religious holiday?
Some people suggest that the absence of God was to avoid the Persian censorship of the book. Others see it as a deliberate change from open divine intervention to show how the hidden presence of God shapes history. Or perhaps it is testing faith in uncertainty.
On Purim, the Israelites confirmed their acceptance of the tora, without miracles or external pressure. (Istock)
Talmud teaches that the acceptance of Tora in Sinai was affected by divine force. But on Purim, the Israelites voluntarily selected the confidence of the Torah’s acceptance, without miracles or external pressure – the face of uncertainty. Purim shows a way where a clear God makes a place to find his meaning for both believers and doubt by leaving the reference.
Esther, a Jewish orphan, hides his identity and becomes a queen (Esther 2:10, 2:17). Haman, King’s advisor, plot to eliminate Jewish people (Esther 3: 5-6). Esther’s cousin Mordakai urged him to reveal his legacy (Esther 7: 3-6). One night of the king’s insomnia sets a chain reaction that flipnts the script (Esther 6: 1). The king releases a new decree, allowing the Jews to defend themselves, which makes Haman’s plan (Esther 8: 5–11) fail.
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The story emerges like an impossible political thriller. Esther is at the right place at the right time. One forgotten orphans grow into power. What are the obstacles that one after the accident leads to the existence of a nation?
If I believe in chance, it is a masterclass in luck, time and human action. If I believe in God, it is a proof that miracles do not need to break the laws of nature. They are through people, politics and randomness of life, which is, in blindness, luck.
There is a tradition of talking about not knowing the difference between “cursed haman” and “blessed Mordaqai”. This intoxication is to break our perception of good and evil. The same people who play villains in a moment are the tools of salvation in the other. The belief is that we are all playing a role in just a cosmic plan.
The children of Israeli prepared for the festival of Purim parade in Netanya on March 21, 2008.
Nevertheless, life often suggests a philanthropic plan. As a child, I experienced a deep tragedy of my father’s death. Al Aksa Shaheed Brigade Terror Group killed my Israeli cousin, Mir Tamari. Recently, my sister -in -law and niece died in a devastating water accident. A few months ago my beloved friend of college took his life. These disadvantages challenge faith in a guided fate and highlight the random of sorrow.
Many scholars, of course, say that the Puim story has evolved from an ancient Jewish tradition of re -starting a Persian festival or existence stories. Its literary style looks very correct, almost dramatic.
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Nevertheless, whether it is history, metaphor, or both, its message of asking for meaning in clear randomism remains unchanged.
And Purim “or not,” the story of Jewish existence seems miraculous in front of tireless harassment. Mark Twain, famously indicated the mystery of how the empires have increased and fell while the Jews have tolerated. When the Emperor of the 18th century, King Frederick The Great of Priusia sought evidence of God, his doctor pointed to the continuous existence of the Jews.
I have caught my life between two worlds: one of the belief, where God controls history, and the world of reason, where things are simply and we later make an understanding of them. Most of the time, I think I have to choose. Puram will not let me happen.
Hasidic Jews celebrate the festival of Purim in Brooklyn in New York City on March 4, 2007. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Finally, faith and doubt are not enemies. They are the same discovery for meaning. As Rabbi Jonathan Sachs said, confidence is “the courage to live with uncertainty.”
And Puram meets me in the same way where I am – confidence and inquiries were caught between certainty and surprise.
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Today the world feels like Puim. I wonder whether history is just anarchy, if bad people win and the rest of us are trying to survive. But then I think of Mordakai, who refused to bow down to everyone. I think of Esther, who used to speak when he had every reason to remain silent.
He did not know if God was with him. He acted anyway. This Pramam teaches me.
You do not wait for a miracle. You do not wait for certainty. You work.
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Puram reminds you that you do not have all the answers. This is just enough to ask questions. Because we believe in miracles or not, we still have to decide how we are going to work.
And maybe, it can be just, this is the only miracle we really need. And perhaps this is the reason that Purim Yom is Holier compared to Kippur.
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