hey i know purim’s over but this one came to me yesterday
the gemara says
?????? ????? ?????? ??????
????? is a very strange loshon. usually an “ish” is a more chashuv kind of person – not stam any Joe Shmo. we learn from here that really the mitzvah of drinking ?? ??? ??? is for the gedolei hador.
so why don’t the regular people have this mitzvah? because the stam guy walking around doesn’t really understand the difference between arur haman and boruch mordechai. so he doesn’t need alcohol to help him fulfill the mitzvah. the rabbonim, one the other hand, need to be under the influence in order to fulfill the mitzvah.
where is the only time we have that amaratzim are mekayem a mitzvah before a gadol??