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During the period of time between the destruction of the First Temple and the building of the Second Temple, the Jews came very close to being anihilated because of the evil scheming of Haman with the King of Persia, Achashverosh.
Because of the
clandestine intervention of Hashem, using Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai as His messengers, the Jews were spared, and instead the nation of Israel was able to avenge themselves against their enemies. In order to commemorate these miraculous turn of
events, we celebrate Purim on the 14th of Adar (and in walled cities such as Jerusalem, on the 15th of Adar) with feasts, sending gifts of food to our friends and the needy, and with the reading of the Megilla, the story of Purim.
The Fast of Esther is held on the day before Purim. We fast the whole day in order to commemorate the fast that Esther fasted before she went before the King Achashverosh to plead for mercy for the Jews. On this day we remember the dire situation that the Jews were faced with in those days and many times throughout history.
View the Jewish calendar for this year: 5775
Divrei Torah On Purim
- A Month of Happiness
- A Purim Lesson???
- Amalek - Blinded by Nature
- Around the Year With Purim
- Delving into the Megila
- Eat, Drink and Be Merry: A Spiritual Celebration
- Esther - True Leadership
- Esther's Lesson in Nature
- Knowing Why and When To Say When
- Lifting Our Cup of Salvation
- Mishloach Manos - The Gift of Unity
- Of Prayer and Sleep
- Preparation for Happiness
- Purim Prudence
- Purim's Coming! Yay! Let's All Be Humble!
- Purim's Dark Hour
- Purim: Basic Concepts And Laws
- Sobering Stories for Purim
- The Complete Purim Story
- The Hamantash - Food for Thought
- The Importance of Being, the Importance of Having...a Rav
- The Secret of Mordechai's Success
- What Money Can Not Buy
- Why to Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Other Classes About Purim from Torah.org
- The Laws of Purim, Rabbi Ari Lobel - 5764
- Behind the Purim Mask , Rabbi Naftali Reich - 5774
- Master of the Obvious, Rabbi Label Lam - 5774
- The Reality of the Day, Rabbi Label Lam - 5774
- Allowing US To Leave The Light On For HIM, Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5773
- Lots More To The Story, Rabbi Yochanan Zweig - 5773
- Our Story is History, Rabbi Label Lam - 5773
- Purim - Don't Lose Hope, Rabbi Berel Wein - 5773
- Hey! You Never Know!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5772
- Who Knows?!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5772
- An Original Purim Poem: Turnabout!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5771
- The Ballad of Mayer, Rabbi Label Lam - 5770
- Purim & Pisces: Not your Average Fish Story (Insights for the holiday of Purim), Jon Erlbaum - 5770
- Commanding Emotions, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5769
- Did Esther Succeed, Rabbi Label Lam - 5769
- The Wanderer, Shlomo Katz - 5769
- Behind the Purim Mask, Rabbi Naftali Reich - 5768
- His Worst Nightmare Realized, Rabbi Label Lam - 5768
- His Worst Nightmare Realized, Rabbi Label Lam - 5768
- Joy That Lasts, Shlomo Katz - 5768
- Parashas Zochor: Doomsday Amalek, Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene - 5768
- The Game is Over, Rabbi Label Lam - 5768
- Triple Purim?, - 5768
- When Things Look Bleak, Rabbi Label Lam - 5768
- Await the Dawn, Rabbi Label Lam - 5767
- Fear of What?, Rabbi Label Lam - 5766
- Of Mice Traps and Men, Rabbi Label Lam - 5766
- You Can Do It!, Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5766
- A Major Player, Rabbi Label Lam - 5765
- In Command of Redemption, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5765
- Light and Joy, Shlomo Katz - 5765
- Divine Distinction, Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5764
- Megillah - Don't Look Back, Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5764
- Our Whole Selves, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5764
- Remember What?, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5764
- The Amalek Within Us, Shlomo Katz - 5764
- We Dont Know!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5764
- Remembering Amalek, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5762
- Feeling Inspired, Shlomo Katz - 5761
- Going Up?, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5761
- Searching for Haman, Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5761
- The Heart of Gold - Perceiving Amalek, Rabbi Berel Wein - 5761
- Haman's Offer of Silver Shekels, Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5760
- In Defense of Haman, Rabbi Dovid Green - 5760
- Sacrifice by Learning Torah, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5760
- A Jew and Proud of It!, Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5759
- Sanctifying Through The Physical, Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5759
- Celebrate With Your Whole Self, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5758
- Perspectives on Trouble, Rabbi Dovid Green - 5758
- The Elements of Purim, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5758
- Troubles Aren't Just a Good Reason to Pray, Rabbi Dovid Green - 5758
- Greatest Accolade Given To Mordechai, Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5757
- Hear Conditioning, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5757
- Just a Coincidence?, Rabbi Dovid Green - 5757
- Complete Dedication, Rabbi Yosey Goldstein - 5756
- Purim & Pisces: Not your Average Fish Story, Jon Erlbaum - 0
For any comments, questions or topic requests, please contact Rabbi Yehudah Prero.
From Redemption To Redemption:
Read Rabbi Pinchas Winston's book on Purim and Pesach! -->
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ARTICLES ON
VAYERA:
A Family for the Torah
Shlomo Katz - 5768
When the Heart is Full
Rabbi Label Lam - 5766
No Longer See Minor
Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5766
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