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Published: March 9, 2020, 2:44 p.m.

Addressing the Personal and Emotional Needs of Our Community and Answering the Most Pressing Questions of Our Lives -- from the Perspective of Chassidic Thought.

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SPECIAL PURIM EDITION

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TOPICS:

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\u2022 Chassidus applied to Purim 1:43

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\u2022 Why do we keep the Fast of Esther today when there is no decree? 08:32

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\u2022 Why is there ever a mitzvah to get drunk? 12:34

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\u2022 How could Mordecahi put all the Jews in danger by not bowing to Haman? 21:35

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\u2022 Are their allusions in midrash that Esther was married to Mordechai? 27:32

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\u2022 Why is G-d's name not mentioned in Megilas Esther? 30:57

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\u2022 What did the Jews do wrong by attending Achashverosh's banquet? 36:02

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\u2022 Why is Esther credited with saving the Jews by marrying Achashverosh? 42:53

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\u2022 Why are women obligated to hear the megillah if it\u2019s a mitzvas asei she\u2019ha\u2019zman grammah? 40:03

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\u2022 Why are the three letters, tof, shin and zayin, purposely written in small letter in the Megillah? 45:16

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\u2022 What is the significance of the four verses of the megillah that we all read aloud? 47:57

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\u2022 Why did Esther have two parties for Achashverosh and Haman? 51:01

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\u2022 What are the origins of hamantashen? 58:02

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\u2022 Is there a connection between Mordechai and Esther and the Babylonian gods marduk and ishtar? 

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\u2022 Did Vashti actually grow a physical tail? 54:45

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\u2022 What ever happened to Zeresh? 49:12

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\u2022 Did the Rebbe once say at a Purim farbrengen that everyone who raises their hand will become wealthy? 59:24

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\u2022 What is the story with the Purim the Rebbe went into the small shul upstairs, asked that the doors and windows be locked, and then said a maamar to a small group of people? 01:01:10

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\u2022 Chassidus questions:

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      1. How can Yom Ha\u2019Kippurim, the holiest day of the year, be only compared to Purim (Ki-Purim)?01:02:53

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      2. What is the meaning of orah in la\u2019yihudim hoysa orah, and how is it connected to havdalah? 01:06:06

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      3. How do we apply ad d\u2019lo yoda? 01:09:00

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