Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...
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Mordechai could have bowed to Haman with impunity
It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's ...
Metamorphosis of an Author” at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.
A barely-avoided genocide being celebrated with costumes and drunkenness and jokes is itself a kind of celebration of life ...
It seems like no coincidence, then, that we read Esther and Ruth at the beginning and end of this period in the year.
The story of the Buddha comes to us from around 2,500 years ago, originating in the eastern part of India. The story of Jesus ...
Catch the find depicted on the wall, our earliest known example of ancient hebrew biblical text, the priestly blessing, rolled up in amulet and probably worn by an ancient Judahite walking this ...
When you are in a place between life and death, you ask yourself, “What is the meaning and value of my life?” And you come to a clear realization - the entire value of my life lies in the fact tha ...
Similarly, in the Jewish Tanakh (Old Testament), God is portrayed as stern, forbidding, and distant, whereas in the New Testament, Jesus, the son of God, embodies kindness and compassion.