All posts in: Purim
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7 years ago
L’Chaim…. It’s all about our life!
It has become a tradition that whenever we have some wine or other alcoholic beverage we always say the word “L’Chaim”. I have one very quick question ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
La’asos osam y’mei mishteh v’simcha (9:22)
The Rema rules (Orach Chaim 695:2) that the majority of the festive Purim meal must be eaten before sundown while it is still Purim. A priest once challenged Rav Yonason ..
Written by Oizer Alport
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7 years ago
Mishloach Manos
Esther and Mordechai instituted mishlo’ach manos as part of the Purim festivities. What has this got to do with Purim? Purim is about recognising ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
Nice thought on Purim
At Shavuos we were forced to except the Torah, accompanied by Thunder and miracles. These didn’t have a lasting effect (i.e we sinned at The Golden Calf), ..
Written by Daniel King
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7 years ago
one part of the purim story is generations old!!
Why was Mordechai chosen to wage battle with Haman? Chazal say that since Hamon was from Esav, he was to be brought down by the children of Rachel Imeinu, specifically ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
Parshas Zachor
Shabbat before Purim, we read Parashas Zachor, which describes how Amalek tried to destroy the Jewish people. We read this portion this week, because Haman was a descendant ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Parshas Zachor – Purim
Purim, aside from being a day of festivities and fun, is actually one of, if not the, most spiritually charged days of the Jewish year. It is considered of such ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
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7 years agoPurim – the secret behind the mask
A so-called “simple” Jew was once travelling through a town when the sun began to set. He looked around and it was nearing nightfall when he finally ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
