## Likutei Moharan, Part II

###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 74:1:1
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אַחַר פּוּרִים קוֹרִין פָּרָשַׁת פָּרָה, שֶׁהִיא הֲכָנָה לְפֶסַח. כִּי פָּרָשַׁת פָּרָה קוֹרִין, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיוּ נִזְהָרִין לִטָּהֵר מִטֻּמְאַת מֵת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיוּ טְהוֹרִין לַעֲשׂוֹת הַפֶּסַח.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
After Purim we read the Chapter of Parah, which is a preparation for Pesach. The Chapter of Parah is read so that people will be alerted to purify themselves from the impurity of a corpse, in order to be ritually pure for offering the Pesach sacrifice.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 74:1:2
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וּבִתְחִלָּה הוּא בְּחִינַת פּוּר, כִּי פּוּרִים עַל־שֵׁם הַפֻּר (אסתר ט׳:כ״ו וע' בכונות האריז"ל בסוד הפיל פור ובסוד פרה אדומה), וְאַחַר־כָּךְ נַעֲשֶׂה פָּרָה, כִּי גַּם פּוּרִים הוּא בְּוַדַּאי הִלּוּךְ וְדֶרֶךְ לְפֶסַח.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
It begins as the concept of *pur* (lottery), for PuRim is named after the *PuR* (Esther 9:26). But afterwards it becomes *PaRah* (cow), because Purim, too, is certainly an approach and path to Pesach.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 74:1:3
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וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת (שיר השירים ה׳:י״ג): שִׂפְתוֹתָיו שׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵר. שִׂפְתוֹתָיו זֶה בְּחִינַת פֶּסַח – פֶּה סָח (כַּמּוּבָא ). שׁוֹשַׁנָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר, (כַּמּוּבָא בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ וּבְכִתְבֵי הָאֲרִיזַ"ל, וְשׁוֹשַׁנָּה גִּימַטְרִיָּא אֶסְתֵּר). נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵר זֶה בְּחִינַת מָרְדֳּכַי – מָר דְּרוֹר (חולין קלט:), לְשׁוֹן חֵרוּת, בְּחִינַת חֵרוּת שֶׁל פֶּסַח.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This is the meaning of “His lips, roses dripping with flowing myrrh” (Song of Songs 5:13). “His lips” is the concept of PeSaCh—*Peh SaCh* (a mouth that speaks) (as is brought). *Shoshanah* (rose) is Esther (as is brought in the holy Zohar and the writings of the Ari, of blessed memory). “Dripping with flowing myrrh” alludes to MoRDeKhaI—*MoR D’ror* (Chulin 139b), which connotes freedom, the freedom of Pesach.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 74:1:4
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וְעַל־כֵּן צֵרוּף שֶׁל פּוּרִים מְרֻמָּז בְּפֶסַח, בַּפָּסוּק (שמות כ״ג:ט״ו): שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב, כִּי בוֹ יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָם. מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָם – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת פּוּרִים, כִּי פּוּרִים הוּא דֶּרֶךְ לְפֶסַח, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ יְכוֹלִים לִהְיוֹת נִזְהָרִין מֵחָמֵץ: (וּפָסַק בְּאֶמְצַע הָעִנְיָן וְלֹא גִּלָּה יוֹתֵר).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Therefore, the letters which spell Purim are hinted at in the verse about Pesach: “seven days you shall eat matzahs as I have commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of the standing grain, for in it you exited from Egypt, and you shall not appear in My presence empty-handed” (Exodus 23:15). The first letters of *MeMitzraim V’lo Yeira’u Panai Reikam* (“from Egypt, and you shall not appear in My presence empty-handed”) spell PURYM. This is because Purim is the path to Pesach, so that it is possible to be on the alert against *chametz*. {The Rebbe stopped in the middle of this idea and did not reveal more.}


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 74:1:5
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כִּי בַּתְּחִלָּה הָיוּ כָּל הַהַתְחָלוֹת מִפֶּסַח, וְעַל־כֵּן כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת הֵם זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם. וְעַכְשָׁו… (וְלֹא סִיֵּם).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
For, initially, all beginnings were from Pesach. This is why all the mitzvot are “a commemoration of exiting Egypt.” But now… {the Rebbe did not complete this}.