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By Yanki Tauber
With all the events and actions that contributed to the miracle of Purim, why is the festival named after the seemingly minor detail that Haman picked the date for his decree by casting lots?
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By Yanki Tauber
Why do we disguise ourselves on Purim?
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By Yanki Tauber
Come to think of it, the idea of a "moment of truth" is almost an oxymoron. If it's true, shouldn't it always be that way?
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By Yanki Tauber
Push yourself to your limits and beyond, and if you do it with all the integrity and devotion and goodness of your Jewish soul and your Jewish body, there you will find G-d
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By Yanki Tauber
There are two holidays on which we spin. The Chanukah dreidel is spun from above. Purim's gragger is turned from below...
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An inside-out festival
By Yanki Tauber
When a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in
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By Yanki Tauber
"If you're happy and you know it," then you can clap your hands -- but you are not yet in a Purim state of mind.
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By Yanki Tauber
If you are not relating to the words of the Megillah, then you are experiencing a backwards Purim.
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By Yanki Tauber
I tried talking to my inner woman about Purim. "Haman?" I asked. "Haman is your authority on how to be a Jew?" She said I didn't get it
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