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"Purim" - What's in a Name?

Speaker:: Rabbi Yaakov Lasson
Date:: February 20 2018

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Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan Jewish Senior Life of Michigan

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Purim

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Why is the Chag named after a device which was used in plotting our Destruction? A look at Perek Gimmel showing Haman's reasons and mechanisms for destroying the Jewish People provides some famous answers. Also, a novel approach from Rabbi David Fohrman.

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  Holidays:
  
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- Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan
  
  Machshava:
  
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- Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Simcha/Happiness
- Duration: 1 hr 0 min

"HaNosen Teshua/Prayer for the Government": Blessings, Subversion and Disagreement
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  Machshava:
  
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- Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan
  
  Gemara:
  
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  Machshava:
  
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  Parsha:
  
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- Venue: Jewish Senior Life of Michigan
  
  Halacha:
  
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  Machshava:
  
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Megillas Esther 2:15-18
- Speaker: Rabbi Ari Federgrun
- Date: Dec 29, 2025
- Venue: B'nai Israel - Ohev Zedek (Philadelphia)
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Nach:
  
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- Duration: 55 min
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  Parsha:
  
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  Nach:
  
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- Machshava:
  
  Chanukah, Purim
  
  Holidays:
  
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