The folk singer Tom Lehrer penned a famous ditty in which he alluded to spending Jewish holidays in places where the name of ...
Purim has come and gone, but I can’t stop thinking about it. Perhaps this is because Purim’s Megillat Esther is the only one of the five megillot that is read not once but twice. Eicha ...
Wherever we travel, wherever we find ourselves in this vast world, all we have to do is pay attention, look around, maybe put ...
Chabad of Manhasset transported guests back in time with a “Purim in Persia” celebration at the Starry Ballroom.
Helen Ready’s 1971 women’s liberation anthem, “I Am Woman Hear Me Roar,” comes to mind when I think of Purim. Remember Esther ...
Hashem will show me the way, though I don't know how it will happen. But I know in my heart, that I am meant to return.
According to this, the whole basis for recalling Purim reeks of revenge, if not indeed of genocide. All these examples of revenge culminate in the plot by Haman to destroy the Jews, a plot that is ...
In addition to the core activities of reading the Megillah, sending gifts (mishloach manot), and donating three half shekels ...