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It centers around a king, a villain, and a very precarious situation for the Jewish people. King Ahasuerus, easily swayed and perhaps not the sharpest tool in the shed, had been pe...
That feeling isn't new. It echoes down through generations, all the way to the story of Mordecai in the Book of Esther. Imagine the scene: The Jewish people are facing annihilation...
But there was another challenge: communication. Mordecai, her uncle and wise counselor, understood the gravity of the situation and knew Esther was the key to saving the Jewish peo...
Now, they’re celebrating a miraculous deliverance. The air is thick with gratitude, with disbelief, with pure, unadulterated joy. As Mordecai, the hero of the hour, rode through th...
The Book of Esther, and the rich tapestry of stories woven around it in the Midrash (rabbinic commentary), is full of such moments. And perhaps none is so stark as the tale of Harb...
The ancient texts grapple with this very idea, and there's perhaps no better example than the story of Joseph and his brothers. Midrash Mishlei, a collection of rabbinic teachings ...
The Israelites knew that feeling intimately. Our story begins in just such a place: "The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first of the...
The Torah, specifically the book of Numbers (Bamidbar in Hebrew), gives us a glimpse into just how much the Holy One, Blessed be He, values the people of Israel. And it's all about...
"And stand it before Aaron, the priest, and they shall serve him." This seemingly simple instruction reveals a whole world of responsibility. But what does it mean to "serve him"? ...
