P urim 5777
“And made it a day of feasting and joy” (Esther 9:17) Rav Tzadok in his sefer Machshavos Charutz (13) writes that it’s been the custom for generations to promote laughter on Purim. To understand why we need to understand what laughter signifies.
Yitzchak Avinu’s name means laughter. It’s interesting to note that his name is in the future tense: “He will laugh.” The gemara in Avodah Zarah (3b) says there’s no laughter before Hashem except in the future. Similarly Dovid Hamelech writes in Tehillim (126:2) “Then our mouths will be filled with laughter.”
At what point in the future will this laughter be fulfilled? (Rav Yaakov S. Weinberg Beis Efraim)
I was buried in a mountain of paperwork and I didn’t even have half the documents I needed.
