Posts Tagged: Xerxes the Great
Redemptive Reckonings: Purim’s Cautionary Lessons Against Disobedience, Ingratitude, and Dissatisfaction
In some ways, the Scroll of Esther is an epilogue to the episode in Samuel I concerning King Saul of Israel and King Agag of...
Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. Purim's Scroll of Esther represents fundamental tenets of Judaism: *Faith in God, in contrast to idolatry and cynicism; *Value/principle-driven realism (right vs. wrong and civil liberties), in contrast...
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2013
1. "Purimfest 1946" were the last words of Julius Streicher, the Nazi propaganda chief, as he approached the hanging gallows (Newsweek magazine,...
