Venue: NYU Bronfman Center NYU Bronfman Center

Halacha:

Aveilut,  Purim 

Machshava:

Purim 

Collections: R' Joe Wolfson Aveilut

Description

Purim and Aveilut are not usually thought of as topics that are particularly related to one another but a contradiction in the Shulchan Arukh in how aveilut is observed on Purim (or not observed) provides a critical key into understanding both Purim and Aveilut. The shiur focuses on a number of other laws of Purim as well which reveal the unique nature of the festival and its critical place in Jewish thought