Question:
When Purim falls out on Erev Shabbos like this year, what should be the attitude? Should it be a more serious kind of Purim, so that we are more careful about getting ready for Shabbos and so that we don’t detract our honor for Shabbos? Or is that just the yetzer hora’s tactic to get people to be nervous on Purim so that they won’t have simchah on Purim when they keep thinking about how it’s soon going to be Shabbos?
Answer:
Part of the decree against Jewry in the times of Purim was that Vashti made the Jewish girls work on Shabbos. And in addition, Haman accused the Jewish people of making every day into a celebration, between of the festivals and Shabbos days that the Jewish people have. The sefer Tzror HaMor (Devarim 26:1) says that on Purim, a person should remember Shabbos. The root of this matter has to do with “Shabbos Zachor”, the Shabbos that precedes Purim. The avodah we have when Purim falls on Erev Shabbos, therefore, is to make sure to remember Shabbos.
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