“Our joy on Purim is not the joy of going crazy. King David said (Psalm 2:11) that we should ‘Be joyful with trembling,’ in other words, we should rejoice while maintaining the awe of Hashem on our foreheads. Especially on Purim, we don’t budge from yirat shamayim, the awe of Hashem. Rebbe Natan of Breslev cites the Zohar and tells us that the forbidden fruit of which Adam partook was the fruit of the vine. By drinking wine in holiness, we literally rectify Adam’s sin and bring a spirit of holiness and salvation to the world. ~ Rav Shalom Arush