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Ki Tisa
Purim
Eleven Purim Traditions for You and Your Family
Beyond the bare bones requirements, a wealth of customs have grown around this joyous day. Here are some, ranging from the well-known to the more obscure.
Beyond the bare bones requirements, a wealth of customs have grown around this joyous day. Here are some, ranging from the well-known to the more obscure.
How Purim Flips Theology Inside-Out and Upside-Down
A chassidic meditation on the ambiguity of Achashveirosh in the Megillah and of G-d in the world
A chassidic meditation on the ambiguity of Achashveirosh in the Megillah and of G-d in the world
How to Celebrate Purim
Your Purim 2020 guide contains the story of Purim, and all you need to know about the 4 mitzvahs of Purim and the other observances of the day
Your Purim 2020 guide contains the story of Purim, and all you need to know about the 4 mitzvahs of Purim and the other observances of the day
Megillah Over the Phone or Livestream?
Due to fears of the coronavirus, I was thinking of staying home . . .
Due to fears of the coronavirus, I was thinking of staying home . . .
Stories
Purim in Nazi Hell
It was Purim eve, but what was there for us to celebrate in the German concentration camp of Gross-Rosen?
It was Purim eve, but what was there for us to celebrate in the German concentration camp of Gross-Rosen?
Essay
What’s So Joyous About Being Jewish?
Happiness is an explosive. Happiness blows holes through every barrier. It starts with the ultimate barrier.
Happiness is an explosive. Happiness blows holes through every barrier. It starts with the ultimate barrier.
Parshah
Reasoning the Stone
The Torah was first given carved in stone and then transcribed with ink upon a parchment scroll. What is the deeper significance of these two forms of Torah?
The Torah was first given carved in stone and then transcribed with ink upon a parchment scroll. What is the deeper significance of these two forms of Torah?
Women
The Day My Best Friend Called Me a ‘Dirty Jew’
Most of our neighbors knew each other, even though hundreds of people occupied one building. They also all knew that my family was Jewish.
Most of our neighbors knew each other, even though hundreds of people occupied one building. They also all knew that my family was Jewish.
[When Achashverosh declared that he would] "do the will of each and every one" (Esther 1:8), G-d said: "Wicked one! If two people desire to marry the same woman, can she marry both of them? If there are two sailing ships out in the ocean, and one requires a southern wind and the other requires a northern wind, could one wind move them both? Tomorrow, two people will come to you, Mordechai and Haman; could you satisfy both, but to promote the one and hang the other...? The only one who can 'do the will of each and every one' is G-d, of whom it is written (Psalms 145:16) 'You open Your Hand, and satisfy every life and will...'"
— Midrash Rabbah, Esther 2
Print Magazine
As a parent and a child, as siblings who remain bonded, as two young people in love, as in any marriage that stays alive—so we are with the One Above.
One chases, the other runs away. One runs away, the other chases in longing pursuit. One initiates, the other responds. The other initiates, the one responds.
It is a d...
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