Project 'Gifts': The Talmud on Mishloach Manot
One of the beautiful mitzvahs on Purim is to give food gifts to a friend. Upon analyzing the Talmud’s discussion, we probe the different reasons to this observance, which will determine how we define the parameters of the mitzvah.
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Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, originally from Lyon, France, is the founder and spiritual leader of Chabad of Downtown Vancouver, he's co-Dean of the Jewish Academy, and the director of the Tzfunot Institute. A renowned Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Bitton's warmth, knowledge and passion for learning has brought him to teach in communities around the world. He now lives in Vancouver together with his wife Malky and six children.
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