purim

Purim and Pesach: Two Models Of Redemption

Purim and Pesach: Two Models Of Redemption Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander The holidays of Purim and Pesach are observed in fairly similar ways: Both holidays are centered around feasting. While the tone of the Purim seudah differs from that of the Pesach seder,

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Bringing assistance and joy to Ukrainian refugees in Poland

An Ohr Torah Stone delegation of rabbis, educators and musicians traveled to Poland over Purim to bring crucial humanitarian aid, to assist the OTS shlichim already on the ground, and to help ensure the holiday would be as meaningful and filled with joy as possible for the Ukrainian refugees.

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Newsmax TV – OTS delegation to Poland for Purim

Newsmax TV interviews Rabbi Benjy Myers, head of the Ohr Torah Stone delegation of rabbis, educators and musicians that travelled to Warsaw, Lodz, Lublin and Przemysl to help ensure the Purim holiday would be as joy-filled as possible despite the enormous challenges facing the Ukrainian refugee community.

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Thousands Celebrate Purim with Yachad

Thousands Celebrate Purim with Yachad With Israel slowly emerging from the latest Covid-19 lockdown, Ohr Torah Stone’s ‘Yachad’ Program for Jewish Identity once again partnered with the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization to coordinate Purim megilla readings in hundreds of communities across Israel.  Now in its eleventh year,

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Arutz 7: Operation “Social Vaccination”

Operation “Social Vaccination”  Twelfth grade students at Derech Avot High School in Efrat raised NIS 50,000 to prepare and distribute 1,000 food baskets to the elderly, Holocaust survivors and needy families in advance of Purim. Arutz 7, 19 February, 2021

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Women’s Obligation in Megilla Reading

Women’s Obligation in Megilla Reading By Rabbi David Brofsky, Ra”m at Midreshet Lindenbaum Do Women and Men Have the Same Obligation in Mikra Megilla? The Talmud explicitly establishes that women are included in the obligation of mikra Megilla,despite the general

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