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DIALOGUE WITH DESTINY<span style="font-size: 12pt;">(reprint)</span>

The Midrash on Esther presents free will and determinism as the central theme
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Post October 7th: Zohar on the “Three Cries” as a Model of Trauma

There are a million ways to make space for new light. But sometimes
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Post October 7th: Anger Drives the Plot

Survival has required us to perfect the capacity to transform the intensely concentrated
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Purim 2021: Who is Charvonah…

Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one
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Turning Noga into Chashmal

Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth
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Purim Through the Years

Purim Teachings Through the Years (1988 – Present).
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Keter – Malchut

The feminine’s teshuva journey is thus the polar opposite of her male counterpart.
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From Eden to Purim: Simcha shel Mitzvah

Purim 2018 / 5778 To succeed in our mission we must become connoisseurs
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When the Body Gives Light to the Soul

Purim, 5777 / 2017 R. Tsadok HaKohen broadens the definition of Oral Torah
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Topsy-Turvy Gluon Dance: Purim 2016 /5776

Relationship is a dynamic endeavor for it combines two contradictory poles—merging and differentiating—that
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Masters of the Saf: Purim 2015 / 5775

The only thing that will make us happy is to finally become whole,
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Remember Amalek…Don’t Forget

PurimBurst 2014 Who is this Amalek that three of our 613 mitzvot revolve
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Esther, the Mistress of Prayer

Not all supplications are the same. Some are mighty and pierce to the
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Amalek is a Branch of Our Family Tree

A synchronicity of courage, grace and circumstance converge to produce a hero who
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The Obligation (on Purim) of Inebriation

PurimBurst 2010 / 5770. One is obligated to drink on Purim until you
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The Power of a Good Eye

PurimBurst 2009. Esther inspired affection in the eyes of all who saw her…
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If Your Enemy is Hungry Give Him Bread

“Let the king and Haman come this day to the wine banquet that
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The Book of Esther is a Map of Feminine Development

Based on the teachings of R. Isaac Luria as presented in Kabbalistic Writings
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Anger Drives the Plot

Every moment is a story, and every story has a motor that propels
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A Time for Silence, A Time for Speech

Since the genocidal decree would not take effect for close to a year,
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I Am the First, I Am the Last

The Book of Esther is an historical narrative, that occurred between the years
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Torah of Souls

PurimBurst 2003. Then the King conferred with His sages, experts in reading the
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Mesirut Nefesh and Oral Torah

Mordekhai replied, “If you persist in keeping silent at this time relief and
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How to Identify the Crown Princess

PurimBurst 2001 / 5761. And the king loved Esther more than all the
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The Cosmic Seven Millenia Wine Party

PurimBurst 2000/5760. And it was in the days of Achashverosh… when the king
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