Four articles (#1,2,3,7) for the PURIM festival on Saturday night-Sunday (except Jerusalem: Sunday night-Monday).
Two (#4,5) For the special annual reading from a 2nd Torah scroll, which annually takes place on Shabbat Zachor — the Shabbat before Purim (which this year is also Erev Purim).
#6 is for the weekly Reading of Vayikra, first in the 3rd book of the "Five Books of Moses"
Happy Purim Everyone!
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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Vayikra-Zachor 5784
Vol. 20 No. 27, 7 - 13 Adar II 5784 / Mar. 17 - 23, 2024
A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Dedication
Best wishes to the managing editor of KabbalaOnline.org (and of AscentOfSafed.com),
R. Yerachmiel Tilles, on the occasion of his birthday this Tuesday. |
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Purim and the Secret of Wine
In wine we see an allusion to the possibility of unlimited growth and improvement.
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Dressed for (Evil) Success
The forces of evil usually present themselves in garments of holiness.
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The Fanciest of Fancy Dress
Queen Esther's physical beauty was a manifestation of her spiritual stature
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From Haman to Hitler
Why did Haman feel the urge to murder every single Jew in the Persian Empire just because one person, Mordechai, did not bow to him?
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Eliminating Doubt
Why were we not commanded simply to expel Amalek, like the other nations inhabiting the Land? Why did we have to eradicate them?
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Personalizing Your Animal
Two basic explanations of how sacrificing an animal atones for sin.
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A Purim Secret
One Purim, the holy secrets of a simple water-carrier were revealed . . .
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