![Yosef and Esther: The Hidden Link](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/chain-link.jpg)
Yosef and Esther: The Hidden Link
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Feb 20, 2018
By Dena Freundlich
![When Reality was Unrealistic: With Mordechai and Esther in our Sealed Rooms](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/safe-room.jpg)
When Reality was Unrealistic: With Mordechai and Esther in...
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Feb 20, 2018
By Sarah Shapiro
![Two Cooked Foods and a Friend: The Re-Acceptance of Torah on Purim](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Mount-Sinai-2-e1462267239945.jpg)
Two Cooked Foods and a Friend: The Re-Acceptance of...
L’Ilui Nishmat R’ Yitzchak Kirzner Why do we read Parshat Zachor on Shabbos and not on Purim itself? What was the nature of Amalek’s threat against the Jews? What does it...
Feb 20, 2018
By Lynn Finson
![Ad d’Lo Yada: Embracing the Unknown](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/mystery-door.jpg)
Ad d’Lo Yada: Embracing the Unknown
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Feb 20, 2018
By Rabbi Sam Shor
![Queen Esther’s Rosh Chodesh Message](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/announcement.jpg)
Queen Esther’s Rosh Chodesh Message
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Feb 20, 2018
By Zemira Ozarowski
![Of God and Goats: Tales of Faith and Farming](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/farm-tractor.jpg)
Of God and Goats: Tales of Faith and Farming
How farming and spirituality go hand in hand. Miriam Shechter, a Chabad farmer from Moshav Sdei Trumot shares how working the land made her realize how much we all really depend...
Jan 18, 2018
By OU Staff
![Checking Dried Fruit for Insects: A Hands-On Overview and Presentation](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/dried-fruit.jpg)
Checking Dried Fruit for Insects: A Hands-On Overview and...
OU Kosher and OU Israel present this practical hands-on seminar on checking dried fruit for insect infestation that will prove useful on Tu b’Shevat and throughout the year. Recorded at OU...
Jan 18, 2018
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
![The Month of Shevat: A Time to Grow](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Plant.jpg)
The Month of Shevat: A Time to Grow
From the beginning, we have had a connection to trees. Adam was commanded to work and guard the trees of gan eden. The holiday of Tu B’Shevat means different things to...
Jan 17, 2018
By Shprintzee Rappaport
![Re-Examining Asara B’Tevet in Light of the “Menorah” of Zechariah](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Arch-of-Titus-e1470582910591.jpg)
Re-Examining Asara B’Tevet in Light of the “Menorah” of...
Chanukah occurs during the 8 darkest days (the last days of the month) of the darkest month of the year. Why do they break ground on the Second Temple on the...
Dec 25, 2017
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
![Personal Tevet Reflections](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Thinking-Outside-the-Box-e1472070229223.png)
Personal Tevet Reflections
In Tevet, Esther was pulled away from her family and forced to live with Achashverosh but it ultimately led to the Jews’ salvation. Despite the tragedies that occured during Tevet, the...
Dec 25, 2017
By Batya Burd
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