The Gemara brings down the phrase 'chayav inish livesumei.ad delo yoda bein arur Haman l'baruch Mordechai - a man is obliged to drink until he does not know the difference between cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordechai.

' Why do we need such a loss of mental clarity? If we just want to reveal the 'real me' then we would only need to drink a small amount.

Rav Eliyahu Kitov zt'l, gives the following insight: the Jewish people's salvation at the time of Mordechai and Esther was not merely a temporary one. We say in Shoshanas Yaakov (the phrase said after reading the Megilla) 'teshuosam hayisa lanetzach vesikvasam bechol dor vador - You were their salvation unto eternity and their hope in every generation.'

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