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Purim Study
Who Was Zeresh?
Zeresh’s name appears twice in the Book of Esther, both times as an advisor to her husband.
Zeresh’s name appears twice in the Book of Esther, both times as an advisor to her husband.
Purim & the Transformation of Madness
“The Chanukah thing,” he says, “I pretty much got down. It’s about rationalism. But what’s with Purim and the Persians?” “It’s just the opposite,” I answered. “It’s about chaos and the totally random.”
“The Chanukah thing,” he says, “I pretty much got down. It’s about rationalism. But what’s with Purim and the Persians?” “It’s just the opposite,” I answered. “It’s about chaos and the totally random.”
Esther: Paradigm of Self-Sacrifice
Let’s take a step back and look at the context of the Purim story.
Let’s take a step back and look at the context of the Purim story.
Let your home be a meeting place for the wise; sit in the dust of their feet, and drink thirstily of their words
— Ethics of the Fathers 1:4
Print Magazine
There are two sorts of inner convictions of the soul, this thing we call faith.
Unbound by the confines of space and time, your soul sees a reality your mind cannot fathom. From that vision seeps down a conviction that G-d is with you, that He is good, and that there is really nothing else but Him.
Not because you unde...
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