{"id":37901,"date":"2015-10-19T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=37901"},"modified":"2020-09-08T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:16:12","slug":"purim-obligation-of-the-yachid-to-save-the-kahal-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/purim-obligation-of-the-yachid-to-save-the-kahal-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Rav Soloveitchik: Purim &#8211; Obligation of the Yachid to Save the Kahal &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/RavVoice_177x791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-post-37901 wp-image-35446 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/RavVoice_177x791.jpg\" alt=\"The Rav in his own voice\" width=\"200\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>Why was Esther required to put her life in danger in order to save the entire Jewish people (by going to the king without being summoned)?\u00a0Delivered in 1969.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/purim-obligation-of-the-yachid-to-save-the-kahal-part-2\/\">Click here for part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why was Esther required to put her life in danger in order to save the entire Jewish people (by going to the king without being summoned)?\u00a0Delivered in 1969. 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