{"id":45149,"date":"2018-02-20T12:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=45149"},"modified":"2019-02-12T09:14:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T09:14:24","slug":"2-cooked-foods-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/2-cooked-foods-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Cooked Foods and a Friend: The Re-Acceptance of Torah on Purim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;Ilui Nishmat R&#8217; Yitzchak Kirzner<\/p>\n<p>Why do we read Parshat Zachor on Shabbos and not on Purim itself? What was the nature of Amalek&#8217;s threat against the Jews? What does it teach us about anti-semitism today? When we are vulnerable to our enemies there is a reason. Why is there a renewal of the Matan Torah experience in the wake of the threat of Haman?<\/p>\n<p>How do mishloach manot and matanot l&#8217;evyonim serve to counter Amalek?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouisrael.org\/programs\/layla-educational-social-opportunities-for-women\/\">OU Israel&#8217;s L&#8217;Ayla<\/a> Rosh Chodesh Women&#8217;s Event<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-45149 wp-image-41625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-269x300.png\" alt=\"L'Ayla Logo\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo-768x858.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/LAyla-Logo.png 839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;Ilui Nishmat R&#8217; Yitzchak Kirzner Why do we read Parshat Zachor on Shabbos and not on Purim itself? 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