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 | Gragger: A Purim Story
By Nissan MindelSuddenly, there was an awful noise. The name of Haman had been read, and little Yaakov was swinging his gragger with all his might. Everyone became very frightened. One man wanted to take the gragger away from him...  3 Comments | |
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 | In an Instant
In the course of the investigation, the king discovered that he was a descendant of Haman, the son of Hamdatha the chief minister of King Ahasuerus in Shushan, the capital of ancient Persia and Medea... 4 Comments | |
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 | A Life Changing Purim
By Sara Esther CrispeThere I was again, in the familiar corridor at the Bikur Cholim hospital in Jerusalem. But this time I had two healthy children at home, which gave me hope that maybe, just maybe, there would be good news... 15 Comments | |
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 | A Purim Secret
By Yerachmiel TillesAfter completing the circumcision, as he dipped his finger in the wine to place a drop in the baby’s
mouth, the Chatam Sofer called out: "When wine goes in, secrets come out." Seventy years were to pass before the significance of the great sage's words would be revealed 3 Comments | |
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 | Angels and Signs
By Levi Avtzon"Yisrael! We have good news and bad news. Bad news: We're way out of our four block radius. Good news: We're five minutes away from the one house that we were not planning on going to!" 1 Comment | |
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 | Purim Saddam
By Tzvi Jacobs400 apartments housing 1,200 people were destroyed or damaged. Tel Aviv hospitals were
prepared to handle mass casualties 5 Comments | |
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 | The Purim Song
By Nissan MindelHolding little Shaul by the hand, the Baal Shem Tov stood for a few moments among the the crowd of noisy, drunken peasants. Then he clapped his hands to get their attention. "Silence!" he called out in their language, which the Baal Shem Tov knew well... 5 Comments | |
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 | Hamantashen
By Miriam Shapiro“Me, too,” I lied. “It’s… indecipherable.” I had seen that word the day before in a copy of Time magazine lying around the house, and decided that it sounded as glamorous as any other. 4 Comments | |
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 | Ester'ke
By Rochel Yaffe"Listen to me, Mrs. Rosenberg," her heavy face was flushed with excitement. "Let me take her. Why should she die, the innocent babe? I will care for her as if she was my own. I never had children, you know. Give her to me..." 36 Comments | |
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