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The Real History of Purim

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The historical context of Purim and Megillas Esther

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- Halacha:
  
  Pesach
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Teruma
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The Purpose of Sinai is not what you think it was
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  Yitro
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Ha Lachma Anya: The Mission Statement of Our Nation, the Key to Redemption
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- Date: Apr 3, 2025
- Series: BMP Shiurim
  Venue: Young Israel of Woodmere
  
  Halacha:
  
  Bein Adam l'Chaveiro
  
  Machshava:
  
  Midrash, Pesach, Rambam
  
  Holidays:
  
  Nissan
  
  Parsha:
  
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- Date: Mar 27, 2025
- Series: BMP Shiurim
  Venue: Young Israel of Woodmere
  
  Halacha:
  
  Korbanot
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Geulah, Pesach
  
  Holidays:
  
  Nissan
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bo, Hachodesh
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik
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The Season of Geula (Adar, Nissan), The Hidden Hand of Hashem (Galut), and the Glorious Days of Yemos ha'Mashiach (Geula)
- Speaker: Mrs. Michal Horowitz
- Date: Mar 20, 2025
- Series: BMP Shiurim
  Venue: Young Israel of Woodmere
  
  Halacha:
  
  Purim
  
  Machshava:
  
  Galut, Geulah, Mashiach, Purim, Rambam
  
  Nach:
  
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The Incredible Secret of Purim & Megillas Esther Hiding Right Before Our Eyes: Why Is Everything About Purim Doubled?
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- Date: Mar 13, 2025
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  Venue: Young Israel of Woodmere
  
  Machshava:
  
  Purim, Torah
  
  Nach:
  
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  Parsha:
  
  Zachor
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"On That Night The King's Sleep Was Disturbed" (Esther 6:1) - The King of All Kings Remembers; Shall Not We? (Megillas Esther, The Shoah, 10/7 & Its Aftermath)
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  Machshava:
  
  Israel, Purim
  
  Midrash:
  
  Midrash Rabbah - Megilot
  
  Nach:
  
  Esther
  
  Parsha:
  
  Zachor
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"And Avraham [Yarden] Came to Mourn for Sarah [Shiri] and to Cry for Her": Finding Solace in Torah
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  Gemara:
  
  Sanhedrin
  
  Machshava:
  
  Beit HaMikdash, Israel
  
  Nach:
  
  Yeshayahu
  
  Parsha:
  
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  Personalities:
  
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Purim\Pesach 5785: The 'Poisonous Seder Wine' that Esther Gave Haman to Drink
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- Date: Mar 26, 2025
- Venue: Aish Kodesh (Woodmere, NY)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Pesach
  
  Machshava:
  
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The Enduring Holiness of Purim & Yom Kippur Experienced Every Shabbos
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  Ahavat Hashem, Purim, Shabbat, Yirat Hashem, Yom Kippur
  
  Parsha:
  
  Vayakhel
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The Season of Geula (Adar, Nissan), The Hidden Hand of Hashem (Galut), and the Glorious Days of Yemos ha'Mashiach (Geula)
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- Date: Mar 20, 2025
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  Halacha:
  
  Purim
  
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The Season of Geula (Adar, Nissan), The Hidden Hand of Hashem (Galut), and the Glorious Days of Yemos ha'Mashiach (Geula)
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- Date: Mar 20, 2025
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  Venue: Young Israel of Woodmere
  
  Halacha:
  
  Purim
  
  Machshava:
  
  Galut, Geulah, Mashiach, Purim, Rambam
  
  Nach:
  
  Esther
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Three Short Parshas Vayakhel- Parah- Post Purim- Eretz Yisroel Chizuk Ideas 5785 With The Rachmastrivka Rebbe
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- Halacha:
  
  Bein Adam l'Chaveiro, Purim
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Israel, Purim, Shabbat
  
  Parsha:
  
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On our Community's tragedy and on just being there (Ki Tisa Drasha)
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  Machshava:
  
  Purim
  
  Parsha:
  
  Ki Tisa
- Duration: 10 min

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