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Posted: Mar 9, 2009
Purim Sameach
thank you for sharing you talents
Posted By Anonymous, Nashville, TN

Posted: Mar 8, 2009
excellently done
what a wonderful story done in such a way that has held my attention too!
i guess it must be the child in me... anyways thank you for telling this marvelous story in such an attention getting way.
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Posted: Mar 8, 2009
Excellently done
What a wonderful story done in such a way that has held my attention. I guess it must be the child in me. Anyways thank you for telling this marvelous story in such a attention getting way.
Posted By Candace, Texas



 



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The Shushan Chronicles
Part 1
The story of Purim as it is recounted based on Midrashic and other sources.  (33:29)
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The Shushan Chronicles
Part 2
The story of Purim as it is recounted based on Midrashic and other sources.
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The Cry of the Children
In the time of Purim there was a terrible decree to kill all the Jews….
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Chag Purim
The traditional children's Purim song par excellence!
Chag Purim, Chag Purim, Chag Gadol Hu La’Yehudim, Masechot Ra’ashanim, Shirim v’Rikudim
Chorus: Hava Narisha, Rash, Rash, Rash! Barashanim.
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Shoshanat Yaakov
The Rose of Jacob
"You have always been their salvation, their hope in every generation... to make known that all who place hope in You shall not be put to shame..." A song of triumph, traditionally recited at the conclusion of the Megillah reading.
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Vayehi Bimei Achashveirosh
"And it was in the days of Achashveirosh..."
A tune to the words that open the Megillah reading (Esther 1:1)
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V’Nahapoch Hu
Everything is topsy turvy on Purim day!
Transliteration: V’Nahapoch Hu Asher Yishletu Hayehudim Hemah Besonehem
Translation: The situation was reversed: the Jews dominated their enemies.
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Sample Megillah Reading
A sample portion of the Megillah, chanted in the original Hebrew with the traditional Megillah tune.
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