Drinking on Purim

Take Off Your Mask

This Purim, remove the four masks we wear and experience true joy.

God's Calling Card

Sometimes receiving a sign that God is orchestrating events can transform one’s life.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Purim and Serendipity

How to find God.

Analyzing Purim’s Main Characters

There’s an Esther, Haman and Mordechai in all of us.

When God’s Face is Hidden

Sometimes it is through the darkness that we can bring out our greatest light.

12 Years a Slave & Esther

Like Solomon Northup, Esther could not reveal her true identity.

The Hidden Story of Queen Esther: A Video Series

A startling 6-part series that reveals the profound relevance of Purim.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Best Supporting Actor

And the Oscar goes to Mordechai…. and you!

Every Inch Counts

Sometimes one inch can lead to a mile. Purim shows us how.

Purim & the Last Laugh

What is the meaning of laughter?

Where Is God?

Purim’s focus on remembering reveals the answer.

Hide and Seek with God

Peeling back the cloak of coincidence to see God’s hidden Hand.

Purim’s Non-Heroes

The marked inactivity of the Purim story’s main characters holds the key to the story.

Purim’s Wakeup Call

Purim is unfolding again right before our very eyes. How can we go about business as usual?

Did Queen Esterke, the Polish Queen Esther, Exist?

A strikingly similar life to Queen Esther, she used her position of power to save fellow Jews from persecution.

Purim and Iran

Startling parallels between ancient Persia and Israel’s predicament today.

It’s All Good

Understanding why we get intoxicated on Purim.

Esther and the Moon

Purim and the mystery of Esther's non-Jewish name.

Purim and the Masks We Wear

The deeper meaning behind dressing up in costumes on Purim.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

My Personal Purim Miracle

I'll never forget the moment I was just a prop used in a larger, cosmic drama.

Haman's Voice Within

According to Haman, Brooks Conrad is a total failure, and so are you.

Jews Don't Bow

Little did I know that the source of my chutzpah reached back thousands of years, to Mordechai.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Modern Miracles

Coincidence is God's way of choosing to remain anonymous.

Purim: Best Director

Scorsese move over. Purim reminds us who is really sitting in the director's chair.

Opportunity of a Lifetime

Perhaps this is the 'big moment' you were created for.

Today's Hero

Queen Esther shows us how we can all be heroes.

The Two Sides of the Purim Mask

Exploring the Purim/Yom Kippur contrast.

Esther's Echo to the Past

Fascinating connections between Esther and the biblical figures of Sarah, Joseph and Saul.

Purim: Serious Joy

Exploring four central themes of Purim.

Remembering Amalek

Amalek had a vested interest in attacking the Jewish people, whose very existence proved the existence of God to the world.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

Now You See God, Now You Don't

Unmasking the Divine on Purim.

The Deeper Meaning of Hamentaschen

Rising above evil on Purim.

Purim in the Valley of Tears

For a brief instant, the dreadful reality of the SS death camp had been forgotten, all the hunger and suffering had receded.

Purim in Dachau

Suddenly we noticed Chaim standing in the snow and shouting, "Haman to the gallows! And we all know which Haman we are talking about!"

The Doubting Heart

Purim changed our relationship to God from being driven by fear to being driven by love.

Stalin and the Purim Present

A new book reveals that Stalin met his fate poised to launch a post-Holocaust holocaust of his own.

Becoming a Holy Drunk

It seems a bit funny, but getting drunk on Purim can be a spiritual experience.

From Shushan to Jerusalem

Purim is the time of sudden reversal, a time to prepare for the rebuilding of eternal Jerusalem.

Drink 'Till You...

L'chaim! What's behind the mitzvah of getting drunk on Purim?

Discovering Jewish Identity

When the Jews attended the king's party, they thought it was all just a "good time". Or was it a slap in the face of Jewish culture and tradition?

Seventh of Adar

Haman picked this day as the best time to plot the destruction of the Jewish people. His calculations left out one crucial thing...

Purim Vs. Yom Kippur

Purim is holier than Yom Kippur? They didn’t teach that in Hebrew school!

Esther's Hidden Strength

Esther was a lonely orphan who developed within herself the unusual qualities of piercing through veils and touching all hearts.

Redemption by Reversal

Unlocking the mystery behind Purim's , mystical redemption.

Mystical Insights of Adar

Every Jewish month has its kabbalistic power. "Conquering your enemies" is the opportunity of Adar.

Haman: Heir to Amalek

Amalek, the nation that personified evil, insisted that God was absent in the world and everything happened by chance.

Purim Metamorphosis: A Fable

One Purim, I woke up as a turtle. Now how would you feel if you found yourself transformed into a turtle?

Darkness Before the Dawn

Purim teaches us how to trust God even when engulfed in darkness and doubt.

The Villainy of Vashti

The character of Queen Vashti in the Purim story helps us define what it means to be a hero or a villain.

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