Putin IS Amalek
Putin IS Amalek- Purim 2022 Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Shabbat Zachor- the Shabbat of Remembering. That’s the special name given to this Shabbas, the Shabbat before Purim. So what, exactly, [...]
Purim 2022: A deadly serious celebration
Purim 2022: A deadly serious celebration Rabbi Bonnie Koppell This Wednesday night we will come together for the light and joyous holiday of Purim. Purim comes on the 14th of Adar, the [...]
It’s a 3-Day Purim!
It’s a 3-Day Purim! Rabbi Bonnie Koppell It’s still Purim! Shushan Purim is a thing every year. Even in the time of Mordecai and Esther, Purim was celebrated on a different day in Shushan [...]
Purim and Anti-Semitism
This year at Purim, one verse of the Megillah especially resonated with me. In Chapter Three, Verse 8, Haman seeks permission from Achashverosh to destroy the Jewish people, denouncing us with [...]
Purim and Intellectual Property
Did you know that Jewish law prohibits selling a basket of strawberries with the gorgeous ones on the top and the shmushy, moldy ones on the bottom? Well, Mesillat Yesharim doesn’t exactly [...]
Jewish Holidays
The cycle of the Jewish holidays follows the Jewish calendar, which is lunisolar based, with an extra month added every few years to accommodate the difference between the number of [...]