What was so wrong with attending Achashverosh’s feast? A new perspective on what lay behind Haman’s genocidal plot and the Purim miracle.
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Purim: Mordechai the “Jew”
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Parshat Shekalim: How Many Jews Are There?
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Ki Tisa: The Fiery Showdown
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Minor Purim: Guaranteeing Victory
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Terumah: A Mistaken Depiction of the Tablets
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MISHPATIM: Guardians of the World
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YITRO: Moral Values
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Beshalach: What’s Greater than Prayer?
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10 Shevat: The Seventh
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Va’era: The Battle Over the Jewish Birthrate
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SHEMOT: Can you blame people only for their intentions?
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VAYECHI: Looks Can be Deceiving
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CHANUKAH: Why Chanukah?
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19 KISLEV: Self Diagnosis
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VAYETZE: 238 Hostages – What Can I Do for Them?
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TOLDOT: Showdown at a Bar Mitzvah
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CHAYEI SARAH: The importance of knowing what’s important to you
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VAYERA: Altruism with Benefits
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Lech-Lecha: War in Israel
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Noach: Judging people the right way
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Sukkot: What Arouses Joy?
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Tishrei: The Festive Journey
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Nitzavim Vayelech: People of the Book
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18 Elul: A Fiery Chariot to Heaven
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Ki tetze: The Formative Years
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Shoftim: Spiritual Reality
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Re’eh: Employer – Employee Relations
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Ekev: Seventy years without praying?!
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Va’etchanan: Chasing the lost Ark
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Devarim: Explosive Potential
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Matos – Masei: Don’t Force it
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Pinchas: The Jewish Woman
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Chukat – Balak: The Talking Donkey
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Gimmel Tammuz: The Ultimate Test
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Shlach: The Trauma of the Spies and its Lessons
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Beha’alotcha: The Secret of the Menorah
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Naso: The best blessing
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Shavuot: Faithful Marriage
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Bamidbar: A new dawn breaks
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Behar – Bechukotai: All or Nothing
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Emor – Pesach Sheni: A Bug in the Divine System?
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Acharei Mos – Kedoshim: Is There Life After Death?
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Sfirat Ha’omer: The Omer: A Chametz Transformation
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Pesach: Will These Dry Bones Live?
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11 Nissan: Choosing Wisely
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VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI: Jewish at Heart
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Ki Sisa: Witchcraft: Illusion or Reality?
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Purim: The Winning Argument
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Terumah: Looking to Hire: Temple Guards
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Mishpatim: Alternative Justice System
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Yitro: Different Versions of the Ten Commandments?!
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Beshalach: Four camps at sea
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Bo: Does G-d Change His Mind?
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va’eira: Feeling Frustrated?
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SHEMOT: Wonder Women in Egypt
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Vayechi: Marital Harmony and the Divine Spirit
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Vayigash: Growth From Hardship
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Chanukah: The Feminine Side of Chanukah
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Vayeshev: The Secret of Success
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Vayishlach: The Master Solution
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VAYETZEI: The Reasons for Antisemitism
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Toldot: Isaac’s Legacy
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Chayei Sarah: The Historic Match
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Vayeira: Fake Hospitality?
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Lech Lecha: Renewal, Joy, and Progress
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Noach: The industrial revolution of the Tower of Babel
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HAKHEL – A ONCE-IN-SEVEN-YEARS AFFAIR
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Yom Kippur: Personalized Repentance
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Rosh Hashana: Struggle and Success
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Ki Setzei: A Chassidic Perspective on Women’s Rights
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Shoftim: G-d’s Commando
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Re’eh: Why is there poverty in the world?
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Ekev: Why Did Moses Break the Tablets?
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V’eschanan: The Lesson of the Shema
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Devarim: The Right Time for Rebuke
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Matos Masei: Egoism or Altruism
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Pinchas: A Challenging Relationship
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Chukas: Moshe Hit the Rock. So What?
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SHLACH: SOLVING FORGETFULNESS
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Be’haloscha: The End of the Chain?
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Shavuos II (Bamidbar): What Does An Angel Look Like?
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Shavuos (Bechukosai): “Beauty is Vain…” Really?
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Behar (Lag Baomer): Rabbi Akiva’s Students – Lovers or Haters?
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Zachor: Arguing With Amalekites
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Purim: Purim According to Kabbalah
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Pekudei: How Were the Pyramids Built?
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Elon Musk tweeted that aliens built them, the prevailing tradition is that the Israelites built them, and Egyptian scholars claim that Egyptians built them. But everyone is still amazed: how did they manage to move such heavy stones? And why couldn’t the Levites use the same technology in erecting the Tabernacle?
Vayakhel: Donations, Demons and Wills
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Ki Sisa: Jewish Hygiene
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Tetzaveh: Haman’s Mistake
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Terumah: Atonement or Elevation?
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Mishpatim: Our Goal in Life
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Yisro: Jungle or Orchard?
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Beshalach: Gold Chasers and Grave Diggers
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Bo: The Public Declaration
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Vaera: Judaism’s Universal Message
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Shemot: What Exercise Teaches Us
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Lech-Lecha: Why Is a Jewish Lifestyle so Expensive?
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Noach: When Noah Didn’t Argue
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When G-d tells Noah that he plans to destroy humanity, Noah does not pound on the table and demand mercy. Why? Why didn't he act like Moses, who pounded on the table and prevented the Children of Israel from being punished?
A deeper reading will shed light on Noah's reasoning and teach us how to judge others.