[Avodah] Purim and Maavirin es Roa haGezeirah

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 10/6/2016 12:38 AM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> A thought struck me about the difference between Achashveirosh's
> insistance that anything written besheim hamelekh, and sealed betaba'as
> hamelekh, ein hashiv OT1H, and uteshuvah, utefillah, utzedaqah ma'avirin
> es roa' hagezeira, on the other.
>
> Especially given the idea that any reference to hamelekh (or perhaps only
> hamelekh without "Achashveirosh") refers on a second level to haMelekh.
>
> But then I realized that "ma'avirin es roa' hegezeirah" doesn't promise
> a repeal of the gezeirah. Rather, the gezeirah comes to pass, but one
> passes through (avoids? is sheileded from?) the tragic aspect of it.
Except that the haavara is of the roa hagezeira.  It is the evil of the 
decree that is caused to pass; not us.  And in terms of Purim, while the 
gezera was not prevented, its roa certainly was, by the second gezera, 
the one permitting us to fight back.

Lisa

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