Category: Holidays: Purim
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The Queen
The Book of Esther was written for the stage. Each scene is elaborately presented with a description of the setting, the decoration, the protagonists and the dialogue. There are main characters which appear in pairs: King and Queen I, King and Queen II, Queen II and Mordechai, and Haman and Zeresh. There are also groups of sevens: eunuchs (1:10), wise men (1:13), and Esther’s maidens (2:9). Suspense is built ...
June 1, 2026 , Holidays: Purim
Drinking on Purim
This articles shows that there is no mitzvah to get drunk on Purim, and that it is probably a transgression. Drinking to excess not Kosher!
May 18, 2026 , Holidays: Purim