The Shushan Conspiracy
Haman and Achashveirosh’s plot to supplant Yerushalayim
Purim: Perceiving the Reality Behind the Facade
The Gemara provides 3 answers as to why we don’t say Hallel on Purim. The Shulchan Aruch only quotes 1 – that the Megillah is the Hallel of Purim. The Megillah...
Is Reading the Megillah a Biblical Obligation? – The...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Gilgulim of Haman and Esther – Rav Yitzchak Chai...
In Esther 7:8 the Megillah uses the present tense, Haman is falling on the bed. Chazal say that a malach pushed him onto the bed where Esther was. What purpose did...
The Song of the Sons of Haman, the Snake,...
The Gemara says that all the songs in Tanach are written in brick format except for the Kings of Canaan, and the 10 sons of Haman. Is this really a song?...
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky on Megillat Esther
Why does it say that the 10 sons of Haman were hanged on THE tree? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Who Stands Behind the Mask?
Rava said, It is one’s duty levasumei, to make oneself fragrant on Purim until one cannot tell the difference between ‘arur Haman’ (cursed be Haman) and ‘barukh Mordekhai’ (blessed...
Am Yisrael is Strong
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, February 20th, 2018
Yosef and Esther: The Hidden Link
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
When Reality was Unrealistic: With Mordechai and Esther in...
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
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