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The Purim Story Reenacted in 2024

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Rabbi Mendel Kessin

Rabbi Mendel Kessin delivers a weekly hashkafa shiur on the Purim story.

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  1. 0:00We are basically in Adar and we're very close to Purim. Even though we had a…
  2. 6:09And of course the answer is yes. Because Jewish history is replete with the attempt to…
  3. 12:18That means every event that happens because it's part of the plan of creation. And therefore…
  4. 18:26to what the Jews felt. What was that logic? So that logic is as follows. The…
  5. 24:37It favors a particular section of society. You see? But what's worse is this, that is…
  6. 30:50the Jewish people the nature of laws that are not made by the Torah, that are…
  7. 37:02ends have to be just, but the means to the ends also has to be just.…
  8. 43:14killed, maimed, mutilated, destroyed. And the incredible thing is we begin to see that something that's…
  9. 49:24they should be destroyed because they are aiding and abetting Hamas. So, what now you're worried…
  10. 55:39Do you realize what the Arabs did to the Jews on October 7th? And like I…

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