Purim 5727
When it was the custom to come together and tell over
Purim Torah. Someone related that the word יין (wine)
has the same numerical value as the word לקח (cake).
Someone asked “how is this possible, יין has the
numerical value of 70 and לקח has the numerical value of
138?
He answered “for this problem there is a simple solution,
to have more יין, and if two times יין comes out to be more
than לקח, then take another piece of לקח. If two times לקח
is more than two times יין and even more than three
times יין. Then you have to have so much יין and so much
לקח that either one of the two occur: Either this problem
will “work out” mathematically, or you will fulfill the
obligation of Purim to reach the limit of עד דלא ידע!
Eventually he will not be able to tell the difference
between “cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordechai.”
Certainly he will not be able to tell the difference if יין is
the numerical value of לקח!
(Maaseh Rav Tape #7 Side 2 the fifth Sicha)
