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INSIDE PURIM READING

www.mizrachi.org Introduction to the
office@mizrachi.org 34 HaMizrachi Megillah
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CHAIRMAN Megillah Overview:
Mr. Harvey Blitz 35 Hide and Seek
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Doron Perez Chapter One: Take a
TORAT MIZRACHI 36 Second Look
Rabbi Shalom Rosner
Persia and Purim, Iran and Israel
3 Rabbi Doron Perez Chapter Two: Women in Persia and Egypt
37 Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Purim 2021: Redressing the Balance
5 Rabbi Danny Mirvis Chapter Three: What’s in a Name
38 Yael Leibowitz
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT A Corona Purim Chapter Four: Joining the Jewish Journey
6 Rabbi Reuven Taragin
EDITORIAL TEAM 40 Rabbi Judah Dardik
Repairing Rivalry & Jewish Brotherhood
Daniel Verbov 7 Rabbanit Shani Taragin Chapter Five: The Eternal Message
Esther Shafier 41 Lt. Colonel (res.) Rabbi Yedidya Atlas
Avital Gastwirth Hilchot Purim Meshulash
8 Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon Chapter Six: Esther, Yosef, and the First
CREATIVE DIRECTOR 42 Gulf War
Jonny Lipczer Revealing the Internal Jewish Spark Rabbanit Sally Mayer
9 Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
DESIGN SUPPORT Chapter Seven: Esther’s Transformation
Hadas Peretz Six Thoughts for Purim 43 Rabbi Jesse Horn
12 Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir
Chapter Eight: The Right of Self-Defense
PRODUCTION AND ADVERTISING MANAGER 44 Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Meyer Sterman
production@mizrachi.org GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS Chapter Nine: The Joy of Jewish Unity
Hidden and Revealed Miracles 45 Rabbi Dov Lipman
14 Rabbi Hershel Schachter
HaMizrachi seeks to spread Torat Eretz Yisrael throughout Chapter Ten: The Untold Story
the world. HaMizrachi also contains articles, opinion pieces Purim Q&A 46 Dr. Tova Ganzel
and advertisements that represent the diversity of views and 16 Chief Rabbi David Lau
interests in our communities. These do not necessarily reflect Secrets Behind the Holiday Mask
any official position of Mizrachi or its branches. 48 Rabbi David Aaron
Approaching the Throne
17 Rabbi Yehuda Sarna
If you don’t want to keep HaMizrachi, you can double-wrap it Purim on a Friday
before disposal, or place it directly into sheimos. 49 Rabbi Ari Enkin
The Face of Evil
18 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
Redefining Simcha During Adar
Wearing our Masks 50 Rabbi Johnny Solomon
20 Rabbi David Stav
The Inner Light of Purim
Our Time to Come Together 51 Rabbi Judah Mischel
22 Omer Yankelevich
Capital Lessons from Megillat Esther
Enhancing Exuberance 52 Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth
23 Mrs. Shira Smiles
GENERAL INTEREST
Mizrachi Australia THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND PARENTING
President: Dr Danny Lamm AM RAV KOOK’S TEACHINGS 56 Helping Your Challenging Teen
26 Solidarity and Spirituality Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Mizrachi Melbourne Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein RELATIONSHIPS
President: Dr Danny Lamm AM ZIONIST LEADERS 57 Purim and Marriage
Senior Rabbi: Rabbi Danny Mirvis 27 Rabbi Levi Ibn Chaviv Rabbi Moshe Berliner
www.mizrachi.com.au
A Purim Passing
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
office@mizrachi.com.au • 03 8317 2504 28 Jewish Identity in Galut 58 Rabbi Hanoch Teller
Gael Grunewald
Mizrachi Perth The Hidden Message of Ta’anit Esther
PLACES IN ISRAEL
President: Mr Darryl Zulberg 29 Bar’am and Purim 59 Rabbi Azarya Berzon
Senior Rabbi: Rabbi Marcus Solomon Eve Harow Purim as a Diaspora Holiday?
www.dianellashule.com 60 Rabbi Hart Levine
ISRAEL ELECTIONS
office@dianellashule.com • 08 9375 8985 30 Israel’s Quest for Stability The Hidden Author
Gil Hoffman 61 Rabbi Berel Wein
Mizrachi Sydney
ISRAEL INSIGHT
President: Michael Balkin 31 Peace with the Gulf States is Genuine SOCIAL COMMENTARY
Senior Rabbi: Rabbi Yehoshua Solomon David M. Weinberg 62 The Real Joy of Purim
Rabbi Chaim Navon
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WHAT’S IN A WORD
mizrachi@mizrachi.org.au • 02 9130 5973 32 Clothes in Meaning 63 HaMizrachi Family Page
David Curwin
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