- Shabbat and Holidays
- Purim & The Month of Adar
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(Shushan Purim is Sunday), Ta’anit Esther will be
held early, on Thursday. The primary mitzvot of
Purim include: Hearing Megila both evening &
morning; Matanot Levyonim (giving at least 1 gift
to at least 2 poor people); Mishloach Manot
(giving at least 2 ready-to-eat items to at least
1 friend); Seudat Purim, the festive Purim meal
eaten Purim afternoon. On erev Purim it’s
customary to donate Machatzit HaShekel, the
1/2-shekel, giving 3 of the fixed coin of our own
time & place (shekel in Israel, $ in the USA,
etc.). Why 3? Because the pasuk uses the word
"Truma - offering" 3 times. Al HaNisim is added
to the Amida & Birkat HaMazon; Purim morning’s layning is the year’s shortest!
The Gemara says one should drink on Purim so he
is unable to distinguish between "Arur/Cursed
Haman" & "Baruch/Blessed Mordechai." But if this
leads to improper behavior or an inability to
daven properly with kavana/concentration it may
be suspended. One certainly should not drink
before driving home from the Seuda.
The "Sacred Bear" of Purim
Rabbi Ariel Farajun
Starting Anew on Purim
Rabbi Yosef Nave | 19 Adar II 5784
9. The Megilla
Chapter 15: Purim and Reading the Megilla
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 5 5782
God's "Absence" from the Book of Ester
Rabbi Shimon Klein | Adar, 5754
Birkot HaShachar – The Morning Blessings
Chapter nine-part one
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
The Greatness of Humility
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Av 5783
Mourning Customs During the Omer
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
The Laws of Modesty
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
Daf Yomi Shevuot Daf 6
R' Eli Stefansky | 9 Iyar 5785
Ask the Rabbi: Selecting Things to Use Later on Shabbat
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 5785
Parashat Hashavua: Kedoshim Teh’yu, Goy Kadosh – Are They Related?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5785
