Purim 2013 is on February 24th.
Purim and Yom Kippur: An odd couple?
On their face, there could not be two more unlikely holidays to wed than Yom Kippur and Purim. Even the youngest child knows that Purim is a holiday meant for fun and celebration, for costumes and parties. Yom Kippur, on the other hand, is the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar, calling on us [...]
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The Puzzling Story of the Megillah
The story of Esther tells us in the most lively, realistic fashion, with a tinge of refined yet biting sarcasm, about paradoxical, absurd events, which are both tragic and comical at the same time. We are told a story of a king who, as our Rabbis have already remarked, killed his beautiful, beloved, young queen [...]
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A Letter Is Worth…
View Slideshow Purim music streaming from the truck, they drove from base to base delivering Mishloach Manot. As they pulled out, soldiers poured out of the buildings. There was singing, there was dancing, there were huge smiles all around. Many of the soldiers we visited fought in Gaza, and the mishloach manot were a way [...]
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G_d-like on Purim
How we can be compared to Hashem on Purim. Presented by Rabbi Yosef Grossman, OU Director of Kosher Education and host of “The Good Vort” on OURadio.org. Recorded live at OU World Headquarters NY, NY March 9, 2009.
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Important Video Regarding Purim – Aleinu
Video provided by Aleinu Family Resource Center Part of the Safe Homes, Safe Shuls, and Safe Schools initiative of the Department of Community Services
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Rabbi Yaacov Haber – Purim
At some point in every person’s life, G-d grants them a prophecy: a vision of himself or herself as the greatest individual they can become. In Kabbalistic language this is referred to as isarusa dleyla or an awakening from above. This prophecy is not a result of the toil of man but rather a gift [...]
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The Story of Purim – Narrated by Your Neighborhood Hamantash
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Purim L’Netzach
Understanding the difference between discovery and recognition; Why Purim is forever. Esther Wein’s new shiur for Purim.
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Persia, 369 BCE – 355 BCE
Miriam nervously stirred the pot of overcooked lentils, as she watched Shmuel putting on his finest silk robe. “Don’t you think there is something wrong with you going to a party that celebrates our people’s downfall? Some king thinks our exile has gone beyond its prescribed seventy year limit, he throws a party to show [...]
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