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Megillat Esther ends with the Purim antagonist, Haman, hanging from the gallows. Haman, however, does not die alone, for his tens sons also are slain:

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If you keep kosher and are traveling through Asia, then I have got two words for you: good luck. Unless you are on a catered

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There are many perplexing topics in Judaism and one of them is the role of Satan. Many scholars have been bedeviled by this subject and

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Baseball legend Yogi Berra once remarked: “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” This Yogi-ism accurately describes the scene