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| STORY OF PURIM | LAWS & CUSTOMS |
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| The Megillah Story Historical Overview Behind the Scenes the ancestry of Haman & Mordechai The Eyes of Doves Mordechai's vindication for 'endangering' the Jews Boo the Villain & Cheer the Hero Two approaches to Haman's slander against the Jewish people 127 Insights into Megillat Esther Overview and 4 insights (Book Excerpt) The New Israel the purpose of Achashveirosh's Party The Last Laugh The Humor in the sudden 'reversal' of the Purim Story The Hill and the Hole Haman & Achashveirosh: 2 forms of antisemitism Secret of the Statue the Talmud's question, "What did the Jews do to deserve the threat of annihilation at the hand of Haman?" Purim Timeline |
Laws and Customs of Purim Drink is the Link Explaining the mitzvah of drinking on Purim Under the Affluence of Incohol More on Drinking on Purim The Line Goes on Forever How to increase in joy when Adar enters Women and the Megillah on the obligation for women to hear the Megillah read Rembering the Land Why walled cities from the time Joshua celebrate Shushan Purim Love of the Land Walled Cities of Eretz Yisrael |
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| Why We Eat Hamantaschen Costumes on Purim Why We Don't Make Noise for Memuchan or Amalek Walled Cities and Shushan Purim No Hallel on Purim Esther's Age Small & Large Letters in the Names of the Sons of Haman Queen Esther's Intermarriage Celebrating While So Many Died Who Is Amalek? | ||||
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| Purim Kiddush An old Purim tradition has the "Purim Rav" making a "kiddush" composed of bits and pieces of Biblical passages and Talmudic excerpts woven into a tapestry suggesting the ramblings of an inebriated scholar combining the joy and reverence which make up the Purim spirit. (Available in Real Audio, HTML & PDF) ChoppedLiver Los Alamos Purim Yossi & Co. Purim 5759 Yossi & Co. Purim 5758 Dot 2 Dot Purim Pandemonium Word Scramble Purim Pandemonium II Word Scramble Top Ten Ways to Know When You Have Drunk Enough on Purim Grab a Megillah Sung to the tune of Hava Negilla The Wine Song Simcha's Torah Stories Megillah Questions for the Younger and 'Older' Ones Awful Purim Jokes Fancy Dress Poem For Jacob Rose Poem |
Esther's Choice Which Side of Genocide Physical Vs. Spiritual Annihilation The Willing Suspension of Disbelief the Megilla reveals that nothing in this world is coincidental A Divine Whodunnit Purim: revealing the hidden hand of the Divine Author in our cosmic whodunnit Who is a Jew origin and inner meaning of this title The Torah Universe The Bear as a Parable for the Evil of the Persian Empire Pisces The Zodiac sign of Adar & it's relationship to Purim A Tale of Two Miracles Women's Role in Many Miracles |
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Questions That We Didn't Know How To Answer Questions That We Didn't Know How To Answer...but did anyway More Real Questions & Answers Bad Baloney and Talmud?
A Treif Question Shlemazel Puzzle Presidential Riddle |