Purim 394 articles

By Abba Richman Purim music streaming from the truck, they drove from base to base delivering Mishloach Manot. As they pulled out, soldiers poured out of the buildings. There was singing,...

Why is Purim different than all other holidays? Rav Hutner explains what makes Purim different and why it will always be celebrated, even when Moshiach comes. How we can be compared...

At some point in every person’s life, G-d grants them a prophecy: a vision of himself or herself as the greatest individual they can become. In Kabbalistic language this is referred...

It’s not the beard on our face or the hat on our head that matter, it’s what’s inside that counts. What then is the function of clothing?

Esther represents the miracles of the end of days. The Gemara says all holidays will cease besides Purim. What is the association between Pesach and Purim? Understanding the difference between discovery and...

Miriam nervously stirred the pot of overcooked lentils, as she watched Shmuel putting on his finest silk robe. “Don’t you think there is something wrong with you going to a party...

Happiness is all in our attitude & what we choose to focus on. Rabbi Dave presents a tool he learned from his rebbe Rav Noach Weinberg to master happiness. Tools for...

Not knowing the difference on Purim between Blessed is Mordechai and Cursed is Haman. The greater the difference is between 2 things the more similar they appear on the surface. This...

I dunno – I just don’t know. You’d think that after 2365 years the story would be over already. Finished, old hat, dead as a doornail and utterly boring. I mean,...

It is Purim: Don’t get Drunk!! Don’t let your yetzer hara tell you it’s a mitzvah to over-drink. Even in his day, the author of Yesod v’shoresh HaAvodah saw people abusing wine...