Purim, Assimilation, and Holocaust
by Rabbi Noson Weisz
from Aish.com
Achasveiros tried to unite the world around the idea that if we all work hard and work together we will all be successful, and we will get more and more things. He failed to maintain a rule based on this idea but today's world is based on this same idea. Jews believe the opposite. We believe that the goal of life is not to attain more, it is to do Mitzvot and come closer to Hashem. This is our purpose and the reason that we are in this world. As long as Jews follow the way of Hashem and serve as a positive role model to the world we do not face destruction. When we do not "do our job" and serve as a role model, Hashem brings destruction to the Jewish People. We have to remember not to "Enjoy the Seudah (life)" but to enjoy our relationship with Hashem.
We have to remember that as soon as we did Tesuvah everything turned around in a minute. This is an important lesson of Purim- the importance of Teshuva
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