It might seem unusual to some that a Jewish holiday commemorating salvation from genocide is celebrated in such a carefree ...

REMEMBER This Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor. The reason it is called that is because we read a passage from Deuteronomy and also ...

Rabbi Yosi says (the failure of) Haman’s power is our authority. Jews should always remember and celebrate our survival and our enemy’s downfall; not with hate, but by joy. Rabbi Simeon says it was ...

Queen Vashti, the royal one by blood and thus the source of Ahasuerus’ kingship, says an emphatic “No!” to being paraded around unclothed when asked (and is ultimately gravely punished for ...