What Is Purim? How And Why This Jewish Holiday Is Celebrated
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 ...
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Kafka in Jerusalem
Metamorphosis of an Author” at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.
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A Purim primer
A barely-avoided genocide being celebrated with costumes and drunkenness and jokes is itself a kind of celebration of life ...
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Tanakh Hill: Jerusalem’s biblical border
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 ...
Did Buddha inspire Jesus?
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 ...
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The Bible’s First Translation Was in Greek
Originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the Bible is the most sold book in history, it first translation into another language was in Greek ...