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Why some rabbis disliked Mordechai - They thought the was being מחמיר at the expense of the entire Jewish People
Had Esther's intervention not succeeded, would Mordechai THEN bow down to Haman to save the Jews?
7 months, 2 weeks ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת זְכֹר תשפ"ו - What the is the meaning of " זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק"
Managing an unsolvable existential problem - the " זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק" in every generation,
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Who exactly is הֵגֶא סְרִיס הַמֶּלֶךְ שֹׁמֵר הַנָּשִׁים? Is he a "hidden hero" of the story?
Who was the ממוכן who recommended הֵגֶא ? The world of varied interpretations of מגילת אסתר
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Abarbanel on Messianism Part 1 - this historical context of the late 1490s
Abarbanel wrote three books on Messianic themes: a,)מַעַיְנֵי הַיְּשׁוּעָה b.) יְשׁוּעוֹת מְשִׁיחוֹ c.) מַשְׁמִיעַ יְשׁוּעָה
7 months, 2 weeks ago
How did Mordecai & Esther know the contents of the private conversation between Haman and the King?
When Haman fell from power, did Mordecai gain possession of Haman's "Jeffery Epstein Files"?
7 months, 2 weeks ago
פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה תשפ"ו - The source of Moses' moral authority
Why is שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם the thing that prevents the Rebuilding of the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ?
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Why did Moshe accept the עֵרוּב רַב and Mordecai the מִתְיַהֲדִים?
Both leaders wanted the Jews-by-birth to accept the Torah, and discerned they would be impressed by sight of the non-Jews who now embraced Judaism
7 months, 3 weeks ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה תשפ"ו Was Shomo's Temple popular?
Built with forced labor, it doesn't seem to have captured the emotions of כלל ישראל. Instead, separation, במות, etc. Unlike the בַּיִת שֵׁנִי
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Malbim on Messianism and the Messianic Era Part 2
Malbim's theory of the terminus post quem for the Redemption
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The new English translation of the Classic R Yehonasan Eibeschutz sefer on Megilas Esther
R Menachem Tenenbaum (Cleveland) has translated the wonderful סֵפֶר יְשׁוּעָה גְּדוֹלָה (שֶׁהוּא מְלֻקָּט מִסֵּפֶר "יַעֲרוֹת דְּבַשׁ"), which contain…
7 months, 3 weeks ago