In the original Purim miracle, the ten sons of the evil Haman met their end, and in the current miracle, the twelve disciples of the Ayatollah have met theirs (see link from Wall Street Journal here).

So today I was wishing people a “freileche Purim”. We said Psalm 100, Mizmor Lesoda, after davening. And I don’t think we should say tachanun today.

This year will mark the first Purim since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. This conflict officially began Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.

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When Motty returned to Israel from the trip, he continued to sing and play music at events, and sometimes used to sing the Hashgacha Pratit song, but with his own words. Instead of “hashgacha pratit ...

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Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

Just three months ago, right before Purim, Abraham Schwartz — an adventurous, effusive young man from the Hasidic community — undertook a quest that was dear to his heart. He flew to Iran to find the ...

The millennia-old community of some 15,000, the Mideast's largest outside Israel, condemns Israel's preemptive strikes on the Islamic regime. Experts say it's not only for show The post Its country at ...