Both King Saul and Mordechai were from the same family:Shmuel I 1-2:There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Becorath son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of substance. He had a son whose name was Saul, an excellent young man;...
In the Haftara of Parshat Zachor, we read about King Saul’s battle against King Agag of Amalek.The name Agag is only found once in the Chumash, in Parshat Balak, as part of Bilam’s curse to B’nai Yisrael which God miraculously transforms to a...
This Shabbat, the Shabbat before Purim, we read Parshat Zachor from Dvarim 25:17-19, “Remember what Amalek perpetrated against you on the way when you were going out of Egypt…do not forget.”According to Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 603, women are...
There is a religious supermarket in Jerusalem that has been playing Purim music in honor of the upcoming holiday. The music puts the shoppers in the Purim spirit and may also cause the shoppers to buy more products in honor of Purim.While shopping there a few days...
Zeresh, Haman’s wife is one of the lesser know characters of the Purim story. In Chapter 5 of the Megillat Ester, Haman is angry that Mordechai will not bow down to him. In sentence 14 we read: “And Zeresh his wife and all his friends said,...
The name “Amalek” can symbolize a group of wicked people who want to destroy the Jewish people. Amalek was the nation that (Devarim 25:17) “…struck those of you who were hindmost, all the weaklings at your rear, when you were faint and...
Sponsored by Sharona, Josh, Dov, Moshe and Yehuda Halickman in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Eliezer Avraham Weisman This Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before Purim where we read the psukim about the nation of Amalek from the book of Dvarim 25: 17-19:...
A wrongful action can cause a bad reaction many years later. On the other hand, a good action can serve as a tikkun (correction) for a wrongful act.Let's first analyze how a wrongful act can lead to a bad reaction in the future: Yitzchak was sure that Esav, their...