{"id":13198,"date":"2025-12-23T22:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&p=13198"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:43:28","slug":"haman-pockets","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/haman-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"229. Haman Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I heard on Purim Night, after reading the Megillah<\/em>, March 3, 1950<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning the eating of the Haman Tashim<\/em>, meaning Haman\u2019s Pockets,1<\/sup><\/a> he said that since \u201cman must be intoxicated on Purim until he cannot tell between the evil Haman and the blessed Mordecai,\u201d we eat Haman Pockets, so we remember that Haman did not give us more than pockets, called Kelim<\/em>[vessels], and not the interior. This means that it is only possible to receive Haman\u2019s Kelim<\/em>, and not the lights, called \u201cinternality,\u201d since the big vessels of reception are in Haman\u2019s domain, and this is what we must take away from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it is impossible to extend lights with the Kelim<\/em> of Haman. This occurs specifically through the Kelim<\/em> of Mordecai, which are vessels of bestowal. But there was a Tzimtzum<\/em> [restriction] on the vessels of reception. This is explained in the verse: \u201cAnd Haman said in his heart, \u2018Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called \u201ca real will to receive.\u201d This is why he said \u201cLet royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides upon,\u201d etc. But in truth, Haman\u2019s Kelim<\/em>, called \u201cvessels of reception,\u201d do not receive anything due to the Tzimtzum<\/em>. All he has is a desire and a deficiency, meaning he knows what to demand. This is why it is written, \u201cAnd the king said to Haman, \u2018Hurry, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called \u201clights of Haman in Kelim<\/em> of Mordecai,\u201d meaning in vessels of bestowal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Haman\u2019s Pockets are also known as \u201cHaman\u2019s Ears,\u201d a traditional Purim pastry.\u21a9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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