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    Purim & The Month of Adar

    October 7th and Purim 5784

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 16 Adar II 5784
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    Purim & The Month of Adar

    The Exile: What it Takes for Israel to Re-accept the Torah

    Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 12 Adar II 5784
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    The Happiness in Purim

    The Joy of Purim

    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5 Adar II 5784
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    Purim & The Month of Adar

    Purim in the Eyes of Our Generation

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 20 Adar 5784
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    The Month of Adar

    To Live a New Life!

    Rabbi Yosef Nave | 14 Adar 5784
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    Purim & The Month of Adar

    Women and Reading Megillah

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Adar 5783
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    Family and Society

    Civil War? Don’t Make Me Laugh!

    Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Shvat 5783
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    The Month of Adar

    From Redemption to Redemption: Purim & Pesah

    Something interesting about the Jewish month of Adar: In some years there is one Adar, while in leap years, there are two consecutive Adars. This raises the question: In which Adar is Purim celebrated in leap years? The answer is: in the Adar that immediately precedes the month of Nissan, and not the earlier Adar. This is in order that Purim can be commemorated as close to Pesah as possible. The reason this is so important has to do with the inherent link between the Redemption of Purim and that of Pesah.

    R Avraham Levi Melamed | Adar 17 5783
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    The Happiness in Purim

    What Mordechai Discovered When He Returned to Shushan

    Scholars of the Bible and Rabbinic writings know that the Scroll of Esther took place at roughly the same time as the beginning of the Book of Ezra...During that period, only a small minority of the Jewish People moved back to the Land: just over 43,000 people. The others did not heed the prophetic call, and preferred to remain with the fleshpots and other enjoyments of the exile... But this raises a well-known question: Why did Mordechai HaYehudi, the great righteous man, remain in Shushan, when he had a chance to return to our Holy Land and rebuild Jerusalem and the Holy Temple? Actually, we read in the Book of Ezra (2,2), that Mordechai was one of the leaders of those who did return to the Land of Israel – which means that he later returned to Shushan! Why did he do this?...

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Adar 10 5783
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    The Happiness in Purim

    What Mordechai Discovered When He Returned to Shushan

    Scholars of the Bible and Rabbinic writings know that the Scroll of Esther took place at roughly the same time as the beginning of the Book of Ezra...During that period, only a small minority of the Jewish People moved back to the Land: just over 43,000 people. The others did not heed the prophetic call, and preferred to remain with the fleshpots and other enjoyments of the exile... But this raises a well-known question: Why did Mordechai HaYehudi, the great righteous man, remain in Shushan, when he had a chance to return to our Holy Land and rebuild Jerusalem and the Holy Temple? Actually, we read in the Book of Ezra (2,2), that Mordechai was one of the leaders of those who did return to the Land of Israel – which means that he later returned to Shushan! Why did he do this?...

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Adar 10 5783
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    The Essence of Purim

    Ok – What Is the Real Deal About Hamantashen??!!

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 16 5782
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    The Laws of Purim

    Q&A: Drinking Wine

    I wanted to ask, what should I do on Purim since I don’t really like wine?

    Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Adar II 13 5782
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    Megillat Esther

    Why Esther Insisted It Be "Megillat ESTHER"

    Beyond the sanctity of the pious and righteous ones is that of Clal Yisrael.

    Rabbi Isser Klonsky | Adar II 8 5782
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    Purim in Our Time

    Purim: How the Final Redemption Will Play Out

    The Talmud says Israel's redemption will come quickly, but stage after stage.

    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Adar II 7 5782
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    The Laws of Purim

    Purim Is Coming Soon – What Do I Do?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 6 5782
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    The Month of Adar

    Happiness and Hiddenness

    It’s common knowledge that Adar is the happiest of all months. But why should it be? True, it contains Purim in it, & Purim is indeed filled with fun & food, single malt & masquerades. But does that make it the happiest?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 6 5782
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Listening to the Megilla with Limited Concentration

    It troubles me that I often daydream and/or doze off for a few words during Megilla reading. Do I fulfill the mitzva under those circumstances?

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 5 5782
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    The Happiness in Purim

    The Search for Simcha

    But can we be commanded to be happy? Is happiness a state of mind that is divinely imposed upon us - with or without our consent - or is there some secret to attaining this gift of joy?

    Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar I 21 5782
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    The Laws of Purim

    5. Purim Ha-meshulash

    Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities

    When the fifteenth falls out on Shabbat, Purim in that year is called Purim Ha-meshulash (“Triple Purim”), because its mitzvot are divided over three days.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 8 5782
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    The Laws of Purim

    4. Traveling between Walled and Unwalled Cities

    Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities

    Since Purim is celebrated in unwalled cities on the fourteenth and in walled cities on the fifteenth, many questions arise regarding one who travels from an unwalled city to Jerusalem, or vice versa.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 9 5782
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