Why do we recline at the Seder?
A UNIQUE SITTING POSITION
The Pesach Seder is a very special celebratory dinner in which we have certain traditions, like consuming certain foods or drinks,...
ESTHER 9:31. Shushan Purim, Jerusalem and Yom haAtzmaut
In the times of Esther and Mordekhai the Jews of Shushan asked King Ahashverosh (Xerxes, 486-465 sec) for an extra day to fight against...
TEFILA COMPANION
Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot.
The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...
PURIM: What happened to the Jews that did not want to move to Israel?
רוצים בגלות … שלא יפָּרדו ממשכנותיהם ועניניהם
In chapter 4 of Megillat Esther we find the first reactions of the Jews to the edict that...
ESTHER 3:8. The story of two edicts
Cyrus' Edict (538 BCE)
The last book of or Tanakh (=the Hebrew Bible) is the book of Dibre haYamim, or chronicles. It ends with a...
THE BOOK OF ESTHER: An Introduction
MYTH or HISTORY?Unlike some books of the Hebrew Bible which deal with poetry, like Tehilim, or literature, like Job (according to some opinions) the...
ESTHER 3:14. Hiding Genocide From The King
פַּתְשֶׁגֶן הַכְּתָב, לְהִנָּתֵן דָּת בְּכָל-מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה, גָּלוּי, לְכָל-הָעַמִּים--לִהְיוֹת עֲתִדִים, לַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
Hiding the inconvenient truth is an essential part of any political plot.
The plot of...
PURIM: The Holocaust Averted
WHAT HAPPENED ON PURIM?
Tomorrow is Rosh Chodesh -- the beginning of the month of Adar. In a few more days we will celebrate the...
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882), a Forgotten Sephardic Giant
EARLY LIFE
Rabbi Abraham de Sola (1825-1882) was a Canadian Rabbi, an orientalist and a prominent scientist. Rabbi De Sola was recognized as one of...
Rabbi David Nieto (1654-1720) and the Sephardic community of London
Portrait of Rabbi David ben Pinehas Nieto
FROM VENICE TO LONDON
Rabbi David Nieto was born in Venice, Italy, in 1654. At an early age he...
