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www.mizrachi.org PURIM READING
office@mizrachi.org INSIDE
+972 (0)2 620 9000 Introduction to the
36 HaMizrachi Megillah
CHAIRMAN Companion
Mr. Harvey Blitz TORAT MIZRACHI
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Persia and Purim, Iran and Israel Megillah Overview:
Rabbi Doron Perez 3 Rabbi Doron Perez 37 Hide and Seek
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS Purim as a Diaspora Holiday?
Rabbi Reuven Taragin Chapter One: Take a
Rabbanit Shani Taragin 6 Rabbi Hart Levine 38 Second Look
A Corona Purim Rabbi Shalom Rosner
8 Rabbi Reuven Taragin
Chapter Two: Women in Persia and Egypt
Repairing Rivalry & Jewish Brotherhood 39 Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
9 Rabbanit Shani Taragin
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT Chapter Three: What’s in a Name
Hilchot Purim Meshulash 40 Yael Leibowitz
EDITORIAL TEAM 10 Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
Daniel Verbov Chapter Four: Joining the Jewish Journey
Esther Shafier Revealing the Internal Jewish Spark 42 Rabbi Judah Dardik
Avital Gastwirth 11 Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
Chapter Five: The Eternal Message
CREATIVE DIRECTOR 43 Lt. Colonel (res.) Rabbi Yedidya Atlas
Jonny Lipczer Six Thoughts for Purim
14 Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Chapter Six: Esther, Yosef, and the First
Hadas Peretz 44 Gulf War
Rabbanit Sally Mayer
PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING MANAGER
Meyer Sterman GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS Chapter Seven: Esther’s Transformation
production@mizrachi.org Hidden and Revealed Miracles 45 Rabbi Jesse Horn
HaMizrachi seeks to spread Torat Eretz Yisrael throughout 16 Rabbi Hershel Schachter
the world. HaMizrachi also contains articles, opinion pieces Chapter Eight: The Right of Self-Defense
and advertisements that represent the diversity of views and Purim Q&A 46 Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
interests in our communities. These do not necessarily reflect
any official position of Mizrachi or its branches. 18 Chief Rabbi David Lau Chapter Nine: The Joy of Jewish Unity
If you don't want to keep HaMizrachi, you can double- 47 Rabbi Dov Lipman
wrap it before disposal, or place it directly into sheimos. Approaching the Throne
19 Rabbi Yehuda Sarna
Chapter Ten: The Untold Story
The Face of Evil 48 Dr. Tova Ganzel
20 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
Secrets Behind the Holiday Mask
Wearing our Masks 50 Rabbi David Aaron
22 Rabbi David Stav
Purim on a Friday
www.rza.org Our Time to Come Together 51 Rabbi Ari Enkin
office@rza.org 24 Omer Yankelevich
212-465-9234 Rabbi Norman Lamm zt”l on Purim’s Call
Enhancing Exuberance 52 for Responsibility
Presidium 25 Mrs. Shira Smiles Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm
Dr. Ernest Agatstein
Rabbi Leonard Matanky The Inner Light of Purim
Mr. Martin Oliner THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND 53 Rabbi Judah Mischel
National Chairman RAV KOOK’S TEACHINGS
Mr. Seymour Shapiro 28 Solidarity and Spirituality GENERAL INTEREST
Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein
Executive Vice President PARENTING
Rabbi Ari Rockoff ZIONIST LEADERS 56 Helping Your Challenging Teen
29 Rabbi Levi Ibn Chaviv Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF CHICAGO RELATIONSHIPS
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
www.rzc.us 30 Jewish Identity in Galut 57 Purim and Marriage
office@rzc.us Gael Grunewald Rabbi Moshe Berliner
847-674-9733
A Purim Passing
PLACES IN ISRAEL
President 31 Bar’am and Purim 58 Rabbi Hanoch Teller
Dr. Oren Lakser Eve Harow
Executive Director The Hidden Message of Ta’anit Esther
ISRAEL ELECTIONS
Rabbi Jerold Isenberg 32 Israel’s Quest for Stability 59 Rabbi Azarya Berzon
Gil Hoffman Parashat Tetzaveh: The Eternal Flame
RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF LOS ANGELES 60 Rabbi Berel Wein
office@rzla.org ISRAEL INSIGHT
209-286-7141 33 Peace with the Gulf States is Genuine SOCIAL COMMENTARY
David M. Weinberg 62 The Real Joy of Purim
President Rabbi Chaim Navon
Chana Gelb WHAT’S IN A WORD
34 Clothes in Meaning 63
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