ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND
Walled Cities “from the Time of Joshua” Celebrate Shushan Purim – Why: Prof. Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, The Torah.com, Mar. 4, 2020 — Explaining the origins of the Purim festival, Esther chapter 9 describes how the Jews throughout Persia defeated their enemies on the 13th of Adar and celebrated on the 14th (v. 17). We are also told that in Shushan itself (generally identified with Susa), the war continued on the 14th and that the Jews there celebrated on the 15th (v. 18).
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The Enduring Value of “These Days of Purim”: Rabbi Wendy Zierler, The Torah.com, Mar. 17, 2016
From Haman to Hamas: Stuart Halpern, WSJ, Mar. 21, 2024
What Does Purim feel like Post 10/7?: Leanne Stillerman Zabow, Times of Israel, Mar. 25, 2024
Biden’s Duplicitous History Against Israel: Barry Shaw, Israel Hayom, Mar. 22, 2024
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE
Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Kill Yahya Sinwar, ‘Just Like Haman’: JP staff, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 24, 2024 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday evening to kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, just as the Jewish People brought the death of Haman in the tale of Purim.
Israel Is Moral, Others Would Have ‘Leveled’ Gaza – RFK Jr.: WIN staff, World Israel News, Mar. 21, 2024 — Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that Israel’s war on Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip was justified, suggesting that Jerusalem responded in a more restrained manner than other countries would have, and questioned the Biden administration’s push for a ceasefire.
Purim: Hope of Deliverance: Leiah Elbaum, JNS, Mar. 23, 2024 — One book that has made a deep impression on me is Esh Kodesh, written in secret in the Warsaw Ghetto by Rabbi Kalonimus Kalman Szapiro, the Piaseczno Rebbe, and buried in milk churns underneath the ghetto.
Schrodinger’s Purim: How It Can Be Purim and Not Purim On the Same Day and Other Paradoxes in Jewish Life: Steven Conn, Sefaria, no date — We all know the story of Purim. But did we end up with a situation where Purim is celebrated on different days, depending on where you are?
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