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Who was Elazar (Eleazar) the High Priest?His father was Aaron (the first High Priest) and his son was
Pinchas (who had a Parshah... Read More - Shushan PurimWhy Jerusalem celebrates a day later Read More
- Divine MadnessThere is a certain madness to this idea of talking to G‑d, of saying “You” to the Ground of... Read More
- The Silly Bird and the Wily Fox: Two Purim ParablesThe Midrash gives a parable for the story of Haman’s plot against the Jews... Read More
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The Origins of the Gragger: Why We Boo HamanRabbi David Abudraham (14th century, Spain) writes that there had been an
earlier custom for... Read More
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