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Purim, 5777 / 2017 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on the teachings of R. Tsadok HaKohen[1] “To the Jews there was light—אורה…” (the feminine form of the word indicating the Oral Torah, as opposed [...]

Purim Teachings Through the Years (1988 – Present).

A Model for Ahavat Yisrael Sarah Yehudit Schneider כִּי הָמָן בֶּן-הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר [צורר] כָּל-הַיְּהוּדִים חָשַׁב עַל-הַיְּהוּדִים לְאַבְּדָם וְהִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לְהֻמָּם [...]

In those days, when Mordekhai sat by the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, Guardians of the Saf (Threshold), were angry, and sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus. [...]

PurimBurst 2014 Sarah Yehudit Schneider (1) Remember[1]….(2) to blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens[2]….(3) Do not forget![2]      Who is this Amalek that three of our 613 [...]

DIALOGUE WITH DESTINY Sarah Yehudit Schneider Said Haman to Achashverosh: “Let these [Jewish] people be destroyed…” The King removed his signet ring, gave it to Haman and replied: “Do with [...]

PurimBurst 2012 / 5772 Sarah Yehudit Schneider HaShem said to Israel: “When the Temple was destroyed you cried out, ‘We are orphans. Our father has abandoned us…’ (Lam. 5:3). As sure as you live, [...]

PurimBurst, 2011/ תשע”א by Sarah Yehudit Schneider1 The descendents of Haman study Torah in Benei Brak, and R. Shmuel bar Shilat is [is the most illustrious] among them.2 (TB San. 96b [Ein [...]

You are joyfully invited to The 21st Annual Open-House, Pot-Luck Purim Party for Women *  Learn *  Dance *  Inebriate * Monday, Shushan Purim, March 1, 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM Chabad Street 90/16 [...]

PurimBurst 2010 / 5770 Inspiried by R. Tsadok HaKohen, Likutei Amarim, essay 5 Sarah Yehudit Schneider One is obligated to drink on Purim until you don’t know the difference between cursing Haman [...]

PurimBurst, 2009 / 5569 Esther inspired affection in the eyes of all who saw her… (Megillat Esther 2:15) What was the secret of Esther’s extraordinary (even supernatural) grace.[1] It wasn’t her [...]

PurimBurst 2008 (based on Pri Tsadik, Ohev Yisrael and Heichal HaBrocha) Sarah Yehudit Schneider “Let the king and Haman come to the banquet.” The Talmud asks, “Why did Esther honor Haman with an [...]

PurimBurst, 2007 / 5567 Based on the teachings of R. Isaac Luria as presented in Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine and Feminine.[1] “This opposite this HaShem created the world.”[2] [...]

PurimBurst, 2006 / 5566 Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command…and the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him…And Memucan answered,…”Vashti, the queen, has not only insulted [...]

PurimBurst, 2005 / 5565 When Mordecai conveyed to Esther… “If you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall come to the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house [...]

PurimBurst, 2004 / 5564 And [Mordecai] brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. (Esther 2:7) וַיְהִי [מרדבי] אֹמֵן אֶת הֲדַסָּה [...]

PurimBurst, 2003 / תשס”ג Then the King conferred with His sages (חכמים), experts in reading the times, for such was the King’s practice, to consult with the masters of law and [...]

PurimBurst, 2002 / 5762 Inspired by R. Tsadok HaKohen, Pri Tsadik, Adar [ו]; R. R. M. Luria, Ora v’Simcha, (p. 97-99) Letters were sent…to all the kings provinces…to destroy, slay, and [...]

PurimBurst, 2001 / 5761 Inspired by R. Tsadok HaKohen (רסיסי לילה לב, נב) And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she won his grace and favor more than any of the other [...]

PurimBurst, 2000 And it was in the days of Achashverosh…when the king sought to display the richness of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent majesty, that he hosted a seven day [...]

PurimBurst, 1999 Many of the peoples of the land became Jewish, for the fear of the Jews was upon them…the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, though it was turned to the contrary, [...]

PurimBurst, 1998 In the same way that a prophet reads the secrets that lie in the cracks and crevices of the souls of Israel [both their failings and their glories] so [1]המן (haman) does the [...]

PurimBurst, 1997 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him… “Even Esther the queen invited no [...]

PurimBurst, 1996 Remember, HaShem, the offspring of Edom…the ones who say [about Jerusalem], “Destroy, Destroy to its very foundation”…Praiseworthy is he who repays [them] in the [...]

PurimBurst, 1995 Why is this holiday called Purim?  Why is it called after the lots cast by Haman to determine how best to kill the Jews.[1]  All other festivals are named by a symbol of [...]