Saturday, March 19, 2011

Time of Sasson

Purim is a good time to continue the train of thought regarding the unison of Yosef and Yehuda. This unison appears in Yechezkel 37 after the vision of the dry bones which come to life, acquiring flesh and spirit. Yosef and Yehuda appear after this revival because they are the ones who were revived!

The revival of Yosef is the revival of the physical side of Yisrael. The revival of Yehuda is the revival of the spiritual side of Yisrael. The prophet explicitly explains the revival of the physical side. The dry bones represent the House of Yisrael, in exile. The growth of flesh around the bones is the return to the Land of Yisrael. We have seen the prophecy at work in our days. The State of Israel arose from the bones of Auschwitz.

Flesh and spirit are not acquired in one process. There are two prophecies, one for the flesh and one for the spirit. Parallel to the return to Zion, Jewish scientists have brought a new spirit to the world, and great knowledge. The resulting technological revolution has propelled mankind to a new reality. Specifically, it has propelled the development of the physical side of Yisrael. Just 60 years old, the State of Israel is already an advanced state, and she is close to housing the majority of the world's Jews.

At Purim, the Yehudim had Simcha as well as Sasson. Sasson refers to the physical redemption, the revival of Yosef. Sasson is the celebration of the 14th day of Adar. Simcha refers to the other side of the redemption, to the revival of Yehuda, to Shushan Purim, Purim of Yerushalayim. That day will be a good time to present it.