Dedicated in memory of Rav Achiad Ettinger HY"D.
May HaKadosh Barukh Hu have mercy upon His people and upon His land.

 

“Because They Partook of the Banquet of the Wicked One”, 
Based on a sicha by Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l

"And It Came to Pass, in the Days of Achashverosh…", 
Adapted from an article by Harav Yaakov Medan

The Torah Reading of Purim, 
Based on a shiur by Rav Moshe Taragin

 

Audio files on Purim

HaRav Yaakov Medan - Megiilat Esther - complete series in Hebrew

HaRav Yaakov Medan Kriat Megilla Purim 5772

HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Sippur HaMegilla - Sicha in Hebrew - 42 minutes

HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - La'asot Kirtzon Ish VaIsh - Sicha in Hebrew - 1 hour 10 min [missing first min]

HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Sicha given on Ta'anit Ester 5757 - 1 hour 40 minutes

 

Purim Archives

Halakha
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Reading the Megilla Before Sundown
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	The Need for a Quorum of Ten for Megila Reading
Rav Shlomo Brin	Sending Shemitta Fruits as Mishloach Manot
Rav David Brofsky	Is Purim a Yom Tov? An Analysis of Simchat Purim
Rav David Brofsky	The Purim Meal
Rav David Brofsky	Inebriation on Purim
Rav David Brofsky	Matanot La-evyonim and Mishloach Manot
Rav David Brofsky	When, Where and How to Read the Megilla
Rav David Brofsky	The Berakhot Recited Before and After the Megilla Reading
Rav David Brofsky	Women’s Obligation in Megilla Reading
Rav David Brofsky	The Laws of Remembering Amalek
Rav David Brofsky	Ta'anit Esther
Rav David Brofsky	Shushan Purim, Why? Who? Where?
Rav Mordechai Friedman	A Selection of the More Practical Laws of Purim
HaRav Baruch Gigi	The Obligation of Women in Megilla Reading
HaRav Baruch Gigi	"And By Night I Have No Rest" Reading the Megilla at Night
Rav Yair Kahn	Adar Alef and the Holiday of Purim
Rav Elyakim Krumbein	The Mitzva of Megilla - To Read, Not to Write
Rav Shlomo Levy	The Torah Reading of Purim
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	A Concise Guide to the Laws of Purim Meshulash
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	Purim Pranks
Rav Doniel Schreiber	Purim as Divrei Kabbala
Rav Avihud Schwartz	Matanot Le-Evyonim: Gifts for the Poor
Rav Binyamin Tabory	Halakhic Issues Raised by the Leap Year
Rav Binyamin Tabory	The Reading of the Megilla during the Day and at Night
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Relationship between the Two Days of Purim
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Unique Status of Ta'anit Esther
Rav Moshe Taragin	How Many Purims: The Question of Early Megilla Reading
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Mitzva of Mishloach Manot
Rav Moshe Taragin	Adar I and Purim Katan
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Two Readings of the Megilla

 

Machshava
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Purim and the Sin of Amalek
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Preparation and Spontaneity
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Purim in the Teachings of the Maharal
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	"The Meaning of Ta’anit Esther"
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	The Dispute Between Mordekha and the Sanhedrin
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Learning from Esther
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Purim -A Day of Community
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Who Was Mordekhai?
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Esther's Moral Development - And Ours
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	The Sin at the Root of the Purim Story
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein	The Haftara of Shabbat Zakhor: Shaul and Amalek
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Purim: Holiday of Covenant and Salvation
Harav Yaakov Medan	The Challenge of Amalek
Harav Yaakov Medan	Purim and Yom Kippur
Harav Yaakov Medan	"But Mordechai Did Not Bow"
Rav Ezra Bick	Purim - A Holiday in Disguise
Rav Yitzchak Blau	The Wildness of Purim
Rav Yitzchak Blau	Accusing Achashverosh
Rav Eliyahu Blumenzweig	The Joy of Adar
Rav Itamar Eldar	Purim - The Holiday of Exile
Rav Itamar Eldar	Purim in Chassidic Thought: "Until He Doesn't Know"
Rav Uziel Friedlich	"Shout for Joy, All You That Are Upright in Heart,"
Rav Yonatan Grossman	"Mordekhai Did Not Bow"
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	God's War With Amalek - Through Yosef, Yehoshua and Mordekhai
Rav Yehuda Shaviv	The "Menucha" (Resting) of Purim
Rav Elchanan Samet	The Mitzva to Destroy Amalek and Our Moral Qualms
Rav Moshe Taragin	Language, Letters and Liberty

 

Megillat Esther
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Megillat Esther and Our Educational Dilemma
Rav Yoel Bin-Nun	The Upside Down World of Megillat Esther
Rav Yoel Bin-Nun	The Exchange of Letters at the End of Megillat Esther
Rav Yitzchak Etshalom	Where is God in the Megilla
Rav Yonatan Grossman	The Mystery of the Disappearing Servant: On the Pivotal Dialogue between Mordekhai and Esther
Rav Yonatan Grossman	The Structure of the Book of Esther
Rav Yonatan Grossman	Did Achashverosh Know of Haman's Decree?
Rav Yonatan Grossman	The Hidden Background of Megillat Esther
Rav Yonatan Grossman	Feasting and Fasting in Megillat Esther
Rav Yonatan Grossman and Rav Dr. Yehoshua Reiss	Insights into Megillat Esther
Rav Menachem Leibtag	Megillat Ester, Its 'Hidden' Message
Rav Asher Meir	Mordekhai, the Jew of Shushan
Rav David Nativ	The Historical Framework of Megillat Esther
Rav Mordechai Sabato	"He Makes Nations Great and Destroys Them" – The Turning Point of the Megilla
Rav Avraham Shama	Why Did Esther Hide Her Identity?
Rav MosheTaragin	Is Megillat Esther Patterned After a Sefer Torah