From Shabbos to Purim to...

A Guest Post from Chedva Haber in honor of Purim

Did you ever wonder why we end Shabbos with a passuk from Megillas Esther, but we don’t make havdala from Purim?

I can’t say that I’ve been losing sleep over it, but it has been on my mind for some time. So, in order to get some clarity, I went on a deep journey with the help of teachings of Shira Smiles, Michal Horowitz, Rav Dov Winston and Rav Aryeh Cohen.

Let’s start off with some insight into what Shabbos could mean to us with the exploration of Friday night Kiddush.

The first part of kiddush are passukim from the second perek of Bereshis, of which, the last few words are “Asher Bara Elokim La’asos”. One might wonder why the passuk doesn’t end with Elokim - That HaShem created. What is the la’asos coming to add? There is so much that it adds, but for the purpose of this dvar Torah, I’m quoting the Chizkuni who says that La’asos is simply L’taken, to fix.

Rebbitzin Shira Smiles explains the concept further:

“When Hashem created Adam, He breathed into him his soul and clothed him in a …