Purim

Embark on a journey of Jewish learning and discovery, exploring the depth of our Purim resources, where tagged items including audio, programs, and podcast episodes await your exploration.

Megillat Esther

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Rabbi Jay Kelman will be leading a 5 part series on Megillat Esther. Monday night at 8:30pm beginning February 18. The shiurim will take place at a private home. Please email info@torahinmotion.org for details.

Program

Feb 14, 2019

Purim: Where is Haman?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"Where is Haman recorded in the Torah?" So asks the Talmud (Chulin 139b), in a seemingly incomprehensible question. Surely one would not expect to find Haman, living approximately 1,000 years after the close of the Torah, to be…

Article

Feb 28, 2018

Beyond Eating and Drinking: New Perspectives on Purim/ Purim and the Hidden Face of G-d

Program

Aug 13, 2017

Purim: For the People

Rabbi Jay Kelman

What should one do when the needs of the Jewish people conflict with the needs of Judaism? When the only way to keep our people Jewishly involved is to bend (or perhaps break) the norms of a traditional way of life? The Jewish people have been…

Article

Mar 12, 2017

Shushan Purim: From Purim to Pesach

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“When Adar enters, we increase our joy” (Taanit 29a). Presumably, the increased joy is due to the upcoming Purim festivities, the most joyous of Jewish holidays. Yet somewhat surprisingly, Rashi explains that our increased joy is due not only to…

Article

Mar 25, 2016

Purim: One Is More Than Many

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"It was contemptible in his eyes to harm Mordechai alone; for they identified for him the people of Mordechai; Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordechai" (Esther 3:6). The…

Article

Mar 23, 2016

Adar Sheni: Two Redemptions

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Imagine if every few years the Gregorian calendar had two Decembers. When would people shop? We of course are faced with a similar dilemma seven out of every nineteen years, as our calendar has two Adars. While we celebrate Purim in Adar II,…

Article

Mar 11, 2016

Shushan Purim: One People, Two Holidays

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Kol Yisrael Areivim zeh lazeh”, all Jews are guarantors for one another. While we may not always live up to this ideal, the non-Jewish world understands this principle all too well, attributing the actions of one Jew to all Jews. If…

Article

Mar 6, 2015

אסתר צריכה עזרא, ועזרא צריך אסתר Esther tzricha Ezra v'Ezra tzarich Esther (The People and the Book 2013)

Rabbi Bar-on Dasberg

Audio

Feb 18, 2013

Purim Torah: The Use of Humour in Tanach (The People and the Book 2013)

Rabbi David Silber

Audio

Feb 18, 2013