Our sages said, \u201cWhy did that generation have to be destroyed?\u201d One said, \u201cBecause they bowed to idols,\u201d and one said, \u201cBecause they enjoyed the meal of that wicked one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We should ask why they did not say \u201cBecause they ate from the meal of that wicked one,\u201d but rather that they \u201cenjoyed.\u201d There are two discernments in the work: 1) Mind, which is bowing to idols. An \u201cidol\u201d means that one has some basis for the work. This is called \u201can idol.\u201d Man should work in faith, as it is written, \u201cFor you did not see any image,\u201d for an image and a similitude are bases upon which one can determine that he works for this, meaning he establishes his work on this basis, and this is the support. Conversely, when he has no support, he falls from his work. 2) Enjoying the meal of that wicked implies the heart, if a person enjoys his wicked one enjoying himself. He must eat and drink because otherwise he will not be able to live, but he must not enjoy the meal that his will to receive is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this reason, their work was compulsory, as our sages said, \u201cobserved and received,\u201d thus far by force; henceforth willingly, where by being rewarded with repentance from love, they were rewarded with their work being of their own volition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We therefore see that even when one is at the very bottom, in the worst possible state, when one has flawed both discernments, still, afterward, they were rewarded with \u201cobserved and received,\u201d where what was compulsory has later become willingly. This is the meaning of the Megillah<\/em> [scroll] of Ester: They are two opposites, where during the concealment, there is coercion, and during the disclosure, it is a time of goodwill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our sages said, \u201cWhy did that generation have to be destroyed?\u201d One said, \u201cBecause they bowed to idols,\u201d and one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[26],"class_list":["post-14860","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n