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  7 years ago

  Purim – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

  Purim is a time of great simcha. It’s a lot of fun. We make jokes, dress up….. good times. Thats how we express the simcha that we feel on Purim. But that ..

  Written by Tal Segal
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  7 years ago

  Purim –Megillah 7b: Drunk a person get should?

  Rava said: “One is obligated to become intoxicated with wine on Purim, until one does not know the difference between ‘cursed is Haman’ and ‘blessed is Mordechai’.” ..

  Written by Anonymous
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  7 years ago

  Purim and the Poor

  Many of the Jewish holidays revolve around the dinner table. Food’s prominent role throughout the festivals ranges from dipping apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah ..

  Written by Rafi Jager
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  7 years ago

  Purim Costumes: The Inside Story

  A simple Jew was once travelling on a journey. He arrived at a certain town near nightfall, and desperately sought lodgings at the town inn. To his dismay, he learned ..

  Written by Moishe Harris
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  7 years ago

  Purim Olam Habo

  We are told that Purim should have been made a yom tov, where we would not be able to drive or do the melachos, however the jews themselves said they didn’t ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
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  7 years ago

  Purim: ESTHER: THERE’S A WILL – THERE’S A WAY!

  Esthers’ Character development through the Megillah: The Megillah is named after Esther, seemingly because she is the hero of our story, she leads King Achashverosh ..

  Written by Anonymous
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  7 years ago

  Purim: Esther’s Greatness

  How did Esther save the Jewish people? She said “I’m Jewish!” What kind of argument is “I’m Jewish”, what’s the basis for her argument. ..

  Written by Moshe Kormornick
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  7 years ago

  Purim: F.A.Q’s

  Why is the megillah spread out in many layers during the reading, rather than rolled like a Torah?” We read in the megillah that Esther and Mordechai refer ..

  Written by Anonymous
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  7 years ago

  Purim: Four Lessons in Jewish Survival

  The late Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik highlights four lessons that arise from Megillat Esther, that have contemporary relevance: 1. Man has satanic demons inside him, ..

  Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
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  7 years ago

  Purim: Laws of the Day

  On Purim there are four Mitzvos which should be during Purim day. They are easily remembered by their initials, the four “M”s! Megillah – reading ..

  Written by Anonymous