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Unorthodox: How Megillat Esther Justifies the Holiday of Purim

Tzvi Sinensky

04 Mar 2019

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Reading Hard Texts in Hard Times: Retribution and Self-Defense in Megillat Esther

Reading Hard Texts in Hard Times: Retribution and Self-Defense in Megillat Esther | The LehrhausHow should people contend with emotionally charged texts such as the ending of Megillat Esther? Tzvi Sinensky details methodological principles for engaging in textual dialogue, and applies these principles in an exploration of the nuances of the

13 Mar 2025 16 min read

Rediscovering Rabbi Norman Lamm, The Lamdan

Rediscovering Rabbi Norman Lamm, The LamdanA hallmark of Rabbi Lamm’s scholarship was his synthesis of halacha and aggadah. For Rabbi Lamm, these were not separate spheres but complementary dimensions of a unified Torah.The Jewish PressRabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, zt”l, is widely recognized as

02 Mar 2025 5 min read

Accepting the Torah in the Shadow of War

Delivered at Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford, CT, Shavuot 5784 The giving of the Torah seems to have come at a strange time. Consider everything the Jewish people had been through over the previous 50 days. After slaughtering Egyptian sheep-gods, the Jewish people were summoned to leave their home country for

14 Jun 2024 6 min read

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