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| Purim-- It's all in the Name
There is something strange in the name of Purim. Everything about it suggests that Purim is a symbol of "concealment," of the "hiding" of the face of G-d | |
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| The Pur of Purim
What's the story with those "lots" anyway? Why did Haman cast them, and why do we make such a big deal out of them? The parallels and differences between Purim and Yom Kippur | |
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| The Thousand Year Difference
Purim as the second Giving of the Torah | |
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| Unfettered by Intellect
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| Amalek, The Perpetual Enemy
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| A Singular People
Female light, Jewish joy, a different kind of sacrifice and two black boxes | |
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| A Feast and a Fast
What the Jews ate, why Esther fasted, and what are the Garments of Nature? | |
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| Esther's Story
The two versions of Purim
Originally, there were two different conceptions of how the miracle of Purim should be commemorated, propagated by the two heroes and founders of Purim, Mordechai and Esther | |
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| Love in the Ice Age
If a cold and dark world mutes the light of G-d and dulls our minds and hearts, it only accentuates the most basic and essential element of our relationship: the bond between the physical self of man and the quintessential being of G-d | |
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