When all inhibitions are stripped away, what part of you is left?
The noise has died down, but the message lingers on: When all inhibitions are stripped away, what part of you is left?
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uiet has been restored to our streets after two days of noise and tumult, of deafening music, of drunken yeshivah bochurim letting loose — two days of behavior that seemed, at first glance, like a black-and-white contrast to the framework of “normal life.”
There are those who are displeased by this behavior on Purim. “These are bnei Torah?” they ask. “True, it is Purim today, but to celebrate to such an extent?”
But it’s not only about normal youthful exuberance that needs to have an outlet once a year. What looks like wild behavior on the surface is actually channeled into remarkable activities — an outpouring of tremendous chesed, of building responsibility toward others in need.
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