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How Jews are addressing the megillah’s bloodiest chapter during wartime this Purim
That’s because Chapter Nine of the story, recounted in a book of the Bible called Megillat Esther ... uproot the notion that Chapter 9 of the Scroll of Esther reports factual history or that ...
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In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
She chanted the Scroll of Esther, known as the Megillah, in front of a mixed-gender audience in suburban Washington, D.C. on the festival of Purim. Among the crowd were her grandfathers ...