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A tragic failure of imagination: On the Megillah’s bloody ending
If you're horrified by the specter of Jews slaughtering Shushan residents, you're missing the Purim story's real tragedy ...
Jews and their state are portrayed in the most vicious light, ignoring both the ongoing existential threats that Israel faces ...
From the blog of Shmuel Kadosh at The Times of Israel ...
So how did the Jews completely transform the change Quadas Kabir story and for what purpose? Who was the nefarious Jew who decided to appropriate glorious Palestinian history?
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Mordechai could have bowed to Haman with impunity
It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's ...
In fact, it seems that not a single character appears without some form of a "mask." Achashverosh put on the garments of a "Kohen Gadol" (Megillah 12a) and attempted to sit on King Solomon's ...
Bais Rivkah warmly invites alumnae worldwide to the 6th Annual Virtual Embrace Live Event. Join an inspiring evening featuring alumnae and teachers as they share powerful firsthand accounts of Bais ...
The answer is that even when Hashem hides His face, He is still there. A person wearing a mask is still the same person underneath. The story of Purim is all about hiding and revealing. It is about ...