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<em>Ad D'lo Yoda</em></span></strong></strong></span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1c1c1c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Important in the Purim saga were the many wine feasts, Achashveirosh's notorious party, the party hosted
when Esther was chosen, and the two parties Esther hosted for Achashveirosh and Hamon. Chazal commemorated these parties with a mandate to drink wine on Purim. Chazal speak of drinking "<em>ad d'lo yoda bein arur Hamon l'baruch Mordechai"</em>. One explanation
of the difference between<span> </span><em>arur Hamon</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>baruch Mordechai</em><span> </span>is that<span> </span><em>arur</em> refers to Hamon's downfall and<span> </span><em>baruch</em><span> </span>refers to Mordechai's
ascension to greatness, the latter being greater. The mandate is to drink until the point when one does not know for which of the two it is more important to praise Hashem for. Another explanation is that both share the same mathematical equivalent (502).
<strong>The halacha requires drinking to the point where one can no longer perform a mathematical calculation.</strong> [emphasis added]<br>
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In light of the criteria of no longer being able to perform a mathematical calculation I must say that in my many years of teaching mathematics I have apparently encountered hundreds of people who are in the state of Ad D' lo Yoda not just on Purim but all
year round!!! </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1c1c1c; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">>:-}
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