229. Haman Pockets

I heard on Purim Night, after reading the Megillah, March 3, 1950

Concerning the eating of the Haman Tashim, meaning Haman’s Pockets,¹ he said that since “man must be intoxicated on Purim until he cannot tell between the evil Haman and the blessed Mordecai,” we eat Haman Pockets, so we remember that Haman did not give us more than pockets, called Kelim [vessels], and not the interior. This means that it is only possible to receive Haman’s Kelim, and not the lights, called “internality,” since the big vessels of reception are in Haman’s domain, and this is what we must take away from him.

However, it is impossible to extend lights with the Kelim of Haman. This occurs specifically through the Kelim of Mordecai, which are vessels of bestowal. But there was a Tzimtzum [restriction] on the vessels of reception. This is explained in the verse: “And Haman said in his heart, ‘Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?’”

This is called “a real will to receive.” This is why he said “Let royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides upon,” etc. But in truth, Haman’s Kelim, called “vessels of reception,” do not receive anything due to the Tzimtzum. All he has is a desire and a deficiency, meaning he knows what to demand. This is why it is written, “And the king said to Haman, ‘Hurry, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew.’”

This is called “lights of Haman in Kelim of Mordecai,” meaning in vessels of bestowal.