Taking DovBear's lead, I have decided to post this question... I heard the same vort DB heard, and responded with the same response (at least one of his responses). Someone at a Purim seuda told me a vort that "Why does the Megillah first say Bigsan V'Seresh when Mordechai first hears their plot to ...

I don't know if DovBear meant this seriously. But I see very few of these as plot holes. Indeed, many of them may be explained within the world of the megillah. They are, in many cases, simply questions. Thus: Why wasn't the first party co-ed? I don't know enough about Persian culture at the time. T...

That's Greta Garbo. Every once in awhile I'll see someone who says she's fed up and wants to be left alone. I think it's a Greta Garbo line, I 'vant to be alone, but it's not hers exclusively. Greta doesn't own it. A person can have a million reasons for wanting to be alone, but one of the more inte...

In case anyone was wondering, yes, we did get a Mishloach Manot (food basket) from our neighbor Avigdor Lieberman for Purim. Unfortunately it was not personally delivered. Lame. On to something completely different: I read two articles this morning about different groups trying to get young Jews inv...

by Reb Nati at Mystical Paths Sing this poem to the tune of bingo was his nameo By Yisrael Moskovits Many years ago in Persia there once lived a king: Achasheverosh was his name. He ruled 127 countries: that was his fame. He made a party for 180 days: and then for one more week... The wine was older...

Rabbis of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement created a virtual nightclub on wheels to bring the celebration of the holiday Purim to students at five New England colleges....

I found this picture floating around on the Web. We could use shoulders like those to take back Kever Yosef (Get it - Where is Kever Yosef?). Or maybe turn 'em loose in Gaza. Just call them Samson's Foxes. We won the lottery with these dudes. Pour it on, fellas....

Apologies for the delay in posting; this was due to circumstances far beyond my control. Whew. Okay. A moment before the Purim holiday ends, let’s take a look at days gone by, in particular the Adloyada parade. “Adloyada” is a bastardization of the phrase “ad lo yada” o...

I've mentioned that I can't take the noise at Megillah readings and other events. I'm hyper-sensitive and a bit ADHD. My concentration goes bananas at times. Things disturb me which don't bother others. Call me nuts, if you want. At tonight's, that's the third of four, Megillat Esther readings, just...

Yes, Rush Limbaugh is a Jew. Rush's Conservative Gentile persona is a successful act that has earned him record multimillion dollar contracts in the radio business. Rush's real name is Ronald Levy. He was born on the upper West Side of Manhattan. His father was a dermatologist and his mother a junio...