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Why don’t we say Hallel on Purim? Asks the Talmud. [Hallel is king David’s praise that is said on every major holiday]

Two reasons are given.
The first is that the reading of the Migillah is Hallel. In other words we do say Hallel, we just offer the praise in a different form.
The second reason given in the Talmud is that we do not say Hallel for a miracle that occurs outside the land of Israel. This second reason is radically different then the first, not only don’t we say Hallel but we are not allowed to say Hallel because the miracle occurred outside Israel.

The Talmud says that “anyone who says Hallel every day is cursing”. G-d performs miracles every day, for the natural order of the world is truly miraculous. However we only offer praise for the miracles that don’t happen every day, for the miracles that are beyond nature.

We recognize that G-d has two general approaches through which he directs the world, the natural, and the supernatural. We say the Hallel as thanks to Hashem for relating to us in a supernatural way.

The Torah describes the land of Israel as “the land that G-d’s eyes are upon it always, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year”. What about the lands that are outside of Israel are G-d’s eyes not upon them? One of the explanations is that G-d’s eyes, G-d’s providence is upon Israel in a revealed way, outside of Israel G-d’s providence is concealed within the garments of nature. Concealed as in the story of Purim were there was not a miracle that defies nature, rather the miracle was in clothed within nature.

This brings us back to the Talmud’s explanation of why we don’t say Hallel on Purim.

If you live in Israel, if you can see G-d’s eyes upon the land wherever you are. If you recognize G-d’s miracles within nature, then you must Say Hallel. The reading of the Megilah which describes G-d’s hand within nature becomes a form of Hallel. If you live outside the land of Israel, if you don’t see G-d “from the beginning of the year to the end of the year”, you see G-d only in the beginning of the year on the high holidays but you don’t see G-d in your day to day life, then you can’t say Hallel. You are outside of Israel and we don’t say Hallel because we don’t say Hallel on the miracles that are in clothed in nature.

It’s up to you. You can look at I any way you want.

(Purim 5622)