Megillah

Our Sages make a point of carefully analyzing the specific language employed by the Scriptural narrative. When a King’s belligerent tough talk miraculously shifted into softly spoken sensitivity. Why the Queen’s presentation of a letter written in hate, l...

The Megillah makes a point of listing the ten sons of Haman who were killed by the Jewish people and later hanged. Here we will discover that it’s far more than reportage of facts and figures. The Talmud speaks of unique Mitzvah methodology for reading th...

Returning to expounding the actual verses of the Megillah, we focus on the stirring statement encapsulating the triumphant reversal of the Purim miracle: from darkness (emblematic of the fasting and mourning) we moved to light, instead of crying and waili...

Opening on the hems of a seeming wardrobe malfunction, this class continues to focus on an early period of our unique Jewish Saga. In looking beyond the obvious drama of a predictable emotional outburst, the Sages discerned more than ordinary tears, or we...

This class focuses back in Jewish history to Jacob's family feud over a special wardrobe. Here the Talmud will teach us how the royal robes of Persia’s Purim-era Jewish Prime Minister were woven out of the very seams of a prized suit from Egypt’s only-eve...

This class opens with reexamining the King's stroll-in-the-garden, which provides insight into the mechanics of miracles and the nature of angelic appearances. Having completed her role for "such a time", Queen Esther’s victory is brought to fruition by a...

This class opens with Haman still reeling in shock from the worst day in his life. Soiled and disoriented, he has to get to his next royal appointment due to the sudden arrival of the royal chamberlains. Far beyond Esther's most optimistic hopes, the stag...

The hate-filled Haman who plotted genocide against world Jewry was still reeling in shock when he is whisked off to a royal party. Discover the fascinating and little-known subtext of this biblical story. This Talmud class is on tractate Megillah page 16a...

This class on the Purim story features Talmudic expositions of our Sages on the verses of the Scroll of Esther. This Talmud class is on tractate Megillah page 16a.

The class on the Purim story focuses on the sudden onset of the king’s insomnia, which activates imaginary nightmares and ends up turning everything totally upside down. Our Sages see this earthly king’s sleep disturbance as symbolic of a Heavenly or spir...