Purim 2021–Who is Charvonah…
Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one of the king’s attendants who appears at the beginning with those who convey the kings fateful summons to Vashti and [...]
Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one of the king’s attendants who appears at the beginning with those who convey the kings fateful summons to Vashti and [...]
We are Inviting women from around the world to join the actual Jerusalem-based event via zoom (enabled by Shifra Hendrie who has offered her expanded zoom link for the occasion). And… Sharing [...]
Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth between opposing perspectives and admitting the truth that’s present in each. This kinetic approach to [...]
PURIM PARTY IS STILL ON. COME ONE, COME ALL. PURIM SAMEACH…SY You are joyfully invited to The 30th Annual Open-House, DAIRY, Pot-Luck (Dance & Learn) Purim Party for Women at Sarah [...]
Purim Teachings Through the Years (1988 – Present).
Purim 2019 / 5779 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on R. YYYY Safrin of Komara’s Commentary on Esther called Ketem Ofier (4:1 – 5:4) Mordecai charges Esther to go before the king, and plead for her [...]
Purim 2018 / 5778 Sarah Yehudit Schneider The Talmud asks: “Why did the Jews of that generation deserve extermination? Because they derived pleasure [נהנו] from the feast of that wicked one [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PurimBurst 2013 / 5773 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 [...]
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 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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) [...]
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 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on the teachings of R. Isaac Luria as presented in Kabbalistic Writings on the Nature of Masculine and Feminine.[1] “This opposite this [...]
PurimBurst, 2006 / 5566 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]
PurimBurst, 2005 / 5565 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]
PurimBurst, 2004 / 5564 Sarah Yehudit Schneider And [Mordecai] brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. (Esther 2:7) וַיְהִי [...]
PurimBurst, 2003 / תשס”ג Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]
PurimBurst, 2002 / 5762 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]
PurimBurst, 2001 / 5761 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]
PurimBurst, 2000 / 5760 Sarah Yehudit Schneider 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 [...]