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Purim 425 articles

Jewish Holidays

Purim commemorates our salvation from Haman. We read Megilat Esther, eat a festive meal, send mishloach manot (gifts) to friends and matanot l’evyonim (gifts to the poor)

Purim 5784
Purim 5784
תענית אסתר – Thursday Morning If one is planning to eat before daylight, then before he goes to sleep Wednesday night, he should say or at least have in mind that...
Mar 4, 2024
By Rabbi A.L. Mann
The Vilna Gaon Inflames Your Heart for Purim
The Vilna Gaon Inflames Your Heart for Purim
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Mar 4, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Purim and Pekudei – The Name of Hashem Revealed by the Megillah and the Adonim
Purim and Pekudei – The Name of Hashem Revealed...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Feb 28, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Purim and Parshas Pekudei: What Happened to the Beis Hamikdash?
Purim and Parshas Pekudei: What Happened to the Beis...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Feb 28, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Purim: The Machlokes Tosfos and Rambam If You Make a Shehechiyanu on the Day Reading of the Megillah
Purim: The Machlokes Tosfos and Rambam If You Make...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Feb 26, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Role of Yosef in Megillat Esther; An Economic Interpretation of Megillat Esther
The Role of Yosef in Megillat Esther; An Economic...
Feb 20, 2024
By Rabbi Hershel Billet
From Ge’ulah to Ge’ulah: The Reciprocal Purim and Pesach Relationship
From Ge’ulah to Ge’ulah: The Reciprocal Purim and Pesach...
Delivered 3 Adar I 5784 / February 12, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
By Rabbi Avi Herzog
Purim – Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice
Purim – Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice
Time of the obligation to hear or read the Megillah One is obligated to read or hear Megillat Esther both on the night of Purim and during the day. For the...
Feb 16, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Purim: If the Megillah Is Hallel, Why Don’t You Have to Stand?
Purim: If the Megillah Is Hallel, Why Don’t You...
Answering the Chasam Sofer’s Laser-Sharp Question Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Feb 7, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rabbah and Rebbi Zeira’s Purim Seudah: Unpacking the Other Purim Story
Rabbah and Rebbi Zeira’s Purim Seudah: Unpacking the Other...
Mar 20, 2023
By Rabbi Avi Herzog

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