by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 13, 2022 | Purim
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kalman was a dear friend of mine. Though I treasured his friendship, he was operating on an entirely different plane of existence. For example, one day we were walking down the street when a car pulled up. Some guy stuck his head out of a car...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 13, 2022 | Esther, Purim
WHEN: Purim is celebrated on the 14th of Adar. In a leap year, in which an additional month of Adar is added, Purim is celebrated in Adar Bet, the second month of Adar. Shushan Purim, the day following Purim, is the day when the holiday is celebrated in cities that...
by Mordi Levi | f 23, 2021 | Antisemitism, Israel, Leadership, Purim
The Scroll of Esther contains an account of events that took place when the Jewish people were living in Persia. Following the destruction of the first Temple at the hands of the Babylonians, the Jews were exiled to Babylon. Not long afterwards, the Babylonians were...
by Eliyahu Berkowitz | f 6, 2021 | Adar, Esther, God, Miracles, Purim
The Megillah Reading Divided into ten chapters, the story recorded in the Megillah of Esther is the basis of the Jewish festival of Purim. The story is read aloud and in public from a scroll known as a Megillah. It is read twice during the holiday; in the evening and...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2017 | Fear of God, Kindness and Compassion, Leadership, Responsibility, Tetzaveh
Late on a cold winter night in January, 1948, thirty-five Palmach soldiers headed out surreptitiously carrying military and medical supplies on their backs to the besieged community of Gush Etzion which was cut off from the rest of the Yishuv. Dawn broke before they...
