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When Sweetness is Bitter The Megillah begins, Esther 1:1. “And it came to pass in the days of Achashverosh.” On this verse the TalmudMegillah 10b. comments, “We have a tradition that wherever [the Tanach] says Vayehi — ‘And it came to pass...,’ [it is ref...
A Mitzvah to Drink The Talmud Megillah 7b. states that “on Purim we are obligated to drink wine to the point where we do not know the difference between Boruch Mordechai (‘Blessed be Mordechai!’) and Arur Haman (‘Cursed be Haman!’).” Our RabbisAgudah, quo...
There is something strange in the name of Purim. Firstly, it is a Persian word (meaning “lots”—the lots that Haman cast in deciding when to issue his decree against the Jews). And secondly, its reference is to the danger with which the Jews were confronte...
The holiday of Purim celebrates the miraculous deliverance of the Jewish people from a threat of annihilation: the evil plan fomented by Haman and signed by King Achashveirosh, to “annihilate, kill and destroy all the Jews,”Esther 3:13. Heaven forbid. Bot...
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