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<font size=3>The gemara in Chulin 139b says that Mordechai HaTzaddik is
hinted at in the Torah in the pasuk (Ki Sisa 30:23) of the sweet
fragrance used for the Shemen Mishcha called "Mor Dror". The
Targum is Meira Dachya which sounds like "Mordechai". Rashi
says the Mor Dror is the first of the Besamim as are the Tzaddikim.
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Rav Shimon Schwab asks why do we need to base this on the Targum and not
suffice with the words of the Torah? He answers that Dror means freedom.
We may mistakenly think that Mordechai's greatness was that he helped
Klal Yisroel gain a measure of freedom. In reality they were still slaves
of Achashveirosh even after Haman's downfall. Rather Mordechai's
greatness was that he helped Klal Yisroel gain spiritual freedom and kept
them pure which is the meaning of the word "Dachya" that Targum
uses to translate Dror. <br><br>
The meaning of true freedom for Klal Yisroel as transmitted from
generation to generation has nothing to do with our political status or
self governance in our own homeland. The only true freedom is breaking
free from the pressures around us to serve Hashem with purity. This
freedom can be achieved anytime and anywhere under any circumstances. We
need not the recognition of the world nor do we need definable borders.
Mordechai taught us this in the dark Galus of Paras, and with that became
the true father of the nation and model for all future true Jewish
revolutionaries. <br>
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