 ChaZL tell us that as high as Yom Kippur is, it is not quite as high as Purim. What's happening on Yom Kippur? I'm prostrating myself before G-d saying "Master of the World, please please forgive me - I just wasn't
thinking and I made all those mistakes".
The G'mara says "Khayav inish li'v'sumei b'Furaya ahd'lo yada bein Baruch Mordechai v'Arrur Haman"On Purim, I'm NOT thinking, I don't differentiate between Baruch Mordechai and Arrur Haman. The general explanation of li'v'sumei is to imbibe wine and become intoxicated.On a deeper level, the Zohar explains it to mean Hamtakat HaDeenim-sweetening the judgments.
On Yom Kippur, R' Shlomo says each one of us can tell G-d - I don't want You to inscribe me in the Book of Life unless you also inscribe my fellow.
However, this insinuates that I am judging my fellow as a sinner and that G-d should inscribe them in the Book of Life on my coattails!!
On Purim, I sweeten the judgments by not even seeing anything wrong with my fellow - ahd'lo yada !!
R'Shlomo explains the difference between a non-Jewish drunkard and a Jewish drunkard: The non-Jewish person, when drunk, will see a thousand people in his blurred vision-even if it's only one person. The Jewish person, when drunk, even if he is looking at a thousand people ==> it's all ONE.
Yom Kippur reflects T'shuva mi'Yir'ah - Returning to G-d out of Awe, and so the Torah we received then also out of Awe - we, Ahm Yisrael, incorporated it only so far. When one does something out of awe and/or fear, there is a certain implicit separation.
Purim reflects T'shuva mi'Ahavah - Returning to G-d out of Love.When one does something out of love, there is a certain implicit Oneness.
"Keey'mu v'Kiblu -keey'mu mah she'kiblu c'var"-M'gillat Esther tells us the yidn ratified and re-accepted the Torah received at Sinai. The word v'Kiblu ,re-accepted is actually written v'Kibl ==> in the singular form, as ONE.
Ahm Yisrael re-accepted the Torah in its Oral form- Torah she'b'al Peh- mi'Ahavah, on Purim..
So, Kudsha B'rich Hu, Oraiy'ta v'Yisrael khad heim =>G-d ,the Holy Torah and Ahm Yisrael are all ONE.
And it is this 'Not knowing' that is the highest level of Knowledge.
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