{"id":30720,"date":"2008-03-19T18:49:42","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/purim\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_i\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:29:07","slug":"the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_ous_nach_yomi_megilat_esther_part_i\/","title":{"rendered":"The OU&#8217;s Nach Yomi: Megilat Esther (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Etshalom discusses the canonization of Esther, how chazal viewed the book, general issues of understanding the megillah, &amp; takes a look at the opening section.<\/p>\n<p>The OU&#8217;s Nach Yomi presents Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom on Esther, Chapter 1. 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