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“It is a story about the necessity of Jewish power as a form of group protection, of lobbying, rallying, activism and sticking one’s neck out for one’s fellow Jew,” says Wendy Zierler, a rabbi and a professor of modern Jewish literature and feminist studies at Hebrew Union College‒Jewish Institute of Religion. ....
Not Just Purim: Five Extraordinary Stories of Miraculous Redemption Jewish communities around the world that were saved from the brink of destruction. The Jews of the Purim story celebrated their delivery from destruction by having a festive meal, giving food gifts to each other and reading a specially written scroll, Megillat Esther, to publicize the miracle. Over the years other Jewish communities who have experienced being saved from the brink of destruction have also established their own mini “Purim.” Jewish law teaches “Whoever has had a miracle occur for them, all the more so the inhabitants of a city, can establish that day for themselves and those who come after them as a ’Purim’”. Indeed, Rabbi Avraham Danzig, the famed Lithuanian Rabbi of the 19th century included a footnote in his halachic work, ....
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