23 Feb PURIM – WHAT HAMAN LEARNED FROM MORDECHAI

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We read in the Megilla of how Ahashverosh wanted to repay Mordechai for saving his life, and he summoned Haman to ask him what would be an appropriate way of...

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23 Feb PURIM: CORONA DIARY- LIFE ISN’T A LOTTERY

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Each name of a Jewish holiday is iconic. The name Pesach evokes the transformative sacrifice which launched our national liberation. The name Chanukah captures the re-dedication of the newly purified...

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23 Feb AN AMBIGUOUS KIDDUSH HASHEM

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We like to think that a Kiddush Hashem, a sanctification or glorification of G-d’s name, is perfectly good. It is the ultimate expression of religious virtue. In reality, this is...

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23 Feb Getting to Know NY Mets Ace Pitcher Jacob DeGrom

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Mets ace Jacob deGrom talked to the media for the first time last week from Port St. Lucie. The two-time Cy Young Award winner talked about the Mets busy offseason,...

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23 Feb HAMANTASCHEN

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INGREDIENTS: 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1⁄2 c oil 3⁄4 c orange juice 1 tsp vanilla 5 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder Fillings: Apricot, Prune, Raspberry, Chocolate Chip, Cookie Dough, Lemon Curd, Smores – fluff, chocolate chips...

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17 Feb HALACHICALLY SPEAKING: MATANAS L’EVYONIM

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During the days and weeks before Purim the mail is full of letters requesting matanas l’evyonim. In this issue we will discuss which people one has to give to, how...

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17 Feb IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS: WHY DID ESTHER NOT REFUTE HAMAN’S ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE JEWS?

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“I wouldn’t belong to a club that would have me as a member.” -- Groucho Marx “The modern Jewish maxim is Incognito, ergo sum, ‘I am invisible, therefore I am.’”...

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17 Feb LISTENING TO OUR GEDOLIM: AN ANCIENT PURIM MESSAGE

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Megilas Esther is an exciting repository of contemporary advice. This is revealed to us through Esther’s request to the sages, “Kavuni l’doros – Affix me for all generations.” Although Esther...

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17 Feb ISSUES PERTAINING TO PURIM DURING COVID-19 (2021)

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The practice is to read Parshas Zachor with a minyan from a kosher Sefer Torah on the Shabbos before Purim. If one is unable to do so, they...

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17 Feb SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVEN THAT DOING THIS IMPROVES HEALTH AND BRINGS GREATER HAPPINESS, BUT OUR RABBIS KNEW IT LONG AGO…

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Milton Friedman, the great Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at the University of Chicago, had a very simple suggestion for how to identify a person or institution’s priorities. Many people...

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