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On Shavuot we reenact Matan Torah & accept the Torah anew. Where do we find the corollary from Har Sinai to our own lives? What is Shavuot about?

The sanctity of time as it relates to 4 times on the Jewish calendar: chol, Rosh Chodesh, Shabbos, and Yom Tov. The lesson we learn from Rosh Chodesh. The latest episode...

The 4 children aren’t just 4 types of children – each of the 4 traits can be found in a each child, to some extent. We try to transform the others into a...

All the mitzvot connected with Pesach are termed an avodah. Usually Avodah means sacrifice or prayer. What is the meaning of avodah when it comes to the mitzvot of Pesach? The latest...

The Torah tells us that our children will ask the questions found in the Haggadah but it doesn’t label them, how did the Ba’al Haggadah know how to label each one?...

How did Esther have authority to ask the Jews to fast on Pesach? Why does Esther phrase her request as fast “on me” similar to the way Rivka says to Yaakov that the curse...

Purim and the Mitzva of Hashavat Aveida (returning a lost object): Why do the terms lost (ibud), return (l’hashiv), & seek (l’vakesh) appear so many times in the megillah? For part 1 click...

The Malach Hamavet and Besamim: Why is Purim so elemental and limitless that it is rooted in the beginning of time (etz hada’at). Why is it the only holiday that will exist when...

Purim as the only chag of the End of Days. The megillah is chronologically the last book in Tanach since it its culmination just as Pesach is the beginning. That is...

The megillah is full of sad people who don’t know what to do with their sadness. When a woman is happy her whole house is happy. How do we make the...