Kollel Chatzos hazkarah
Kollel Chatzos hazkarah
Kollel Chatzos hazkarah

You see its imminent arrival with the frenzy of shoppers in the nosh aisles and basket departments. You hear its approach with the joyful tunes that play in the background. And you feel its appearance with the joyful thumping in your heart.

Purim. The long-anticipated day showers forth joy and blessing for the entire year.

At the Kollel Chatzos headquarters, they too are swept into the joyous Purim preparations in signature Kollel Chatzos style. They are inundated with hundreds of callers from cities across the globe, requesting a share in the Torah learned by the esteemed kollel on Purim night. Many of these callers ask that the talmidei chachamim daven on their behalf and evoke rachamei Shamayim in the auspicious Purim night hours.

As the callers share their heartbreaking plights and heartfelt yearnings for salvation, we feel their pain . . . and share their hope. After all, the night of Purim is a particularly ripe time for salvation. The Chasam Sofer assures individuals who learn between the two Megillah readings that they will merit a year of life, tranquillity, and nachas–and a guarantee for Olam HaBa. The Me’or v’Shemesh explains that because the entire Purim miracle began with Achashveirosh’s slumber-less night–“ba’layla ha’hu nadeda sh’nas ha’melech,” Purim night is a special eis ratzon for Yidden throughout the generations.

From the days of Mordechai and Esther until this present day, countless Yidden have merited dramatic yeshuos in the merit of dedicating Purim night to limud haTorah. The story of the famed gaon Rav Volf Nachum Borenstein, zt’l, mechaber of Agudas Eizov, is well-known. One fateful Purim, the gaon exerted himself to upkeep his nightly practice of awakening at chatzos to learn Torah. He was informed from Shamayim that his learning coincided with a cataclysmic moment of history, a moment that no one else was learning Torah, except for him. It was his midnight Torah learning that upheld the world. As a result, he was rewarded with a child who lit up the world, the great Avnei Nezer, zt’l, whose Torah and tzidkus continue to illuminate Klal Yisrael. All because of limud haTorah on leil Purim.

This year, we know that the brokenhearted Yidden who call upon Kollel Chatzos to be their emissaries and poel a yeshuah are especially fortunate. Talmidei chachamim will learn on their behalf in chatzos kollelim throughout the world. Particularly remarkable, the talmidei chachamim of the distinguished Meron Kollel will learn and daven on their behalf on both Purim nights–14 and 15 Adar. On 15 Adar, the kollel will be joined by talmidei chachamim of Yerushalayim shel Ma’alah, who are in the midst of their Purim celebrations, and come to mark the day by learning in the courtyard of the heilige Tanna Rabi Shimon bar Yochai.

In addition, on Shushan Purim, Kollel Chatzos delegates will also daven on their behalf at the kever of Mordechai and Esther in the city B’reim. As the emissaries who brought forth the miracle for Klal Yisrael in the past, it is certain that Mordechai and Esther will evoke rachamei Shamayim on behalf of all petitioners today as well.

To partner with Kollel Chatzos and share in the merit of Torah learning on Purim night, or to hear more about the tremendous segulah of 12 hours of consecutive Torah learning between Megillah leinings, call Kollel Chatzos headquarters: 718-887-9114.

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