Ba Laylah Hahu (5744)

The Alef Kabbalah group (18 March 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Purim in 1984. It was published in edited form in 1988. The discourse focuses on the words in the Megillah "On that night, the sleep of the King was disturbed", and explains that here the 'King' means not Ahasuerus but the King of the World, G-d. When the Jewish people forget their identity and direction, falling into a kind of 'sleep', then the King of the Universe also seems remote from the chaos of existence, in a kind of 'sleep'. The theme of Purim is the moment when the King was aroused from this apparent 'sleep'. The discourse presents a profound view of the nature of existence and relationship with the Divine.