Timeless Torah

Times are changing. Whereas yesterday the super swift were acclaimed, today, caution is being welcomed. So while Haman is impatient to get ahead, Esther takes it slow and easy. So how did Esther win the race?  read more »

Does not the story of Purim mock all the cunningly devised plans of the proud and the wicked? Follow the career of Haman and see that while man may throw the dice, the decision belongs to G-d alone.  read more »

Yom Kippur is “like Purim.” Both possess lotteries. Both transcend the laws of physical existence. Yet they differ. Yom Kippur inspires the Jew. Purim empowers him.  read more »

The mourner in Israel and the parade participants bear the same banner: Am Yisroel Chai -The People of Israel Live on! This flag serves as a warning and notice to those who would stand in our way.  read more »

Haman’s contentions, that the Jews are “scattered, [their] laws are different and [they] do not observe the laws of the king, were in fact correct? So why did the Persian king change his mind?  read more »

When all hate is banished from this blood-bathed world all will proclaim, “This is what is done to the people whom the King of Kings desires to honor.” That will be the last Purim pageant.  read more »

Haman’s star shone brighter than ever. Appointed as Prime Minister and given the King’s signet ring, there didn’t seem to be anything Haman could not do. Still he did not attack directly. What did Haman fear?  read more »

Why did Mordechai and Esther, originally, have two different ideas of how of Purim should be celebrated? Perhaps it was because Mordechai was the soul of Purim, while Esther was its body.  read more »