[Avodah] Will Purim Be The Only Yom Tov Left Standing After Moshiach Comes? Let's Take a Closer Look

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

<<The gemara says this was because his fellow members of Sanhedrin
avoided him because of all the necessary bitul Torah which caused
him to fall behin. He was demoted from the 4th to 5th seat on the
Sanhedrin, and apparently some were wondering why he was still in
it altogether. That mi'ut no longer found him ratzui -- as a TC, no
judgment as a tzadiq. After all, lehalakhah while he was right to save
Kelal Yisrael despiute bitul Torah. (An individual's life is enough
to justify bitul Torah, after all.)

Even when the cost benefit analysis advises action, there is still that
pesky cost. >>

I find this a little like the tail the dog. We all study how Mordecai and
Esther were the heros of Purim. The possible objections of members of the
Sanhedrin has been lost in the dustbins of history.
Yes it would be nice if Joseph would have been learning Torah all day
instead of being viceroy to Pharoh but in the end he saved the family and
so Jewish history.

I am sure that even major gedolim like R Yehudah haNasi "wasted" time on
political leadership and not just pure Torah matters. I remember a story of
one of the RY of Telshe (1950-1970s)  lamented on the time he spent going
around the world collecting money for the yeshiva instead of just teaching
Torah. Sure there was a cost but he provided for many others to learn Torah.

Everything in life is a question of balancing. There are very few things
without any cost.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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