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Megilat Esther is a funny book & a sad book, about a king who isn’t wicked or righteous, but ignorant. No one but Mordechai protests the extermination plan. Delivered in Boston, 1969....

Megilat Esther is a funny book & a sad book, about a king who isn’t wicked or righteous, but ignorant. No one but Mordechai protests the extermination plan. Delivered in Boston, 1969....

For part 1 click here. There is a difference between a sefer (a book) and a chronicle. A sefer doesn’t merely tell us the story of yesteryear, it tells us the...

There is a difference between a sefer (a book) and a chronicle. A sefer doesn’t merely tell us the story of yesteryear, it tells us the perennial story of Jewish destiny....

According to Rav Binyamin Shlomo Hamburger, the minhag in Worms was to use 68 aravot on Sukkot. Did other communities who followed minhagei Ashkenaz do likewise?

In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), is the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) is the happiest day. Delivered in...

In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), is the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) is the happiest day. Delivered in...

In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) the happiest day. Delivered in Boston, 1979....

In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), is the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) is the happiest day. Delivered in...

In his introductory remarks,  Rav Soloveitchik explains that “Kinah” is a specific type of aveilut (mourning) that characterizes Tisha B’Av. How does a kinah differ from a hesped? He also discusses the...