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Purim Videos : About the Miracle and More
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Rabbi Svirsky from Jerusalem...
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Rabbi Greenbaum on the thoughts of Purim:
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From the yeshiva Rabbi Lazer Brody is associated with, Yeshiva Shel Chessed in Jerusalem, here is Rabbi Dror Moshe Cassouto...
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Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi has done several long lectures on Purim... I doubt anyone will watch all three in one sitting, but here they are anyway...
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We are quickly approaching Purim and I do not know yet (although I think I know) when we fast for Taanit Esther. Since Purim 'falls out' on Sunday and usually Taanit Esther happens the day before, we would usually fast on Saturday. BUT since Saturday is Shabbat, and we do not fast on Shabbat (Except for Yom Kippur I believe) the fast is moved up to Friday.
Let me check the Calendar...
Ok, I was wrong.... I had a sneaky suspicion that the fast of Esther cannot fall on a Friday due to the preparation for Shabbat, and it seems that is the reason... So Taanit Esther falls on Thursday of this week...
http://www.aish.com/h/pur/m/48971661.html
--- Quote ---4) If the 13th falls on Shabbat, we don't fast that day, due to the honor of Shabbat. The fast is not even held on Friday, since this would adversely affect Shabbat preparations. Rather, we observe the fast on Thursday, the 11th of Adar.
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And I am correct about the Fast of Yom Kippur being the only fast which we observe on Shabbat:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/561824/jewish/Fasting-on-Yom-Kippur-Which-Falls-on-Shabbat.htm
--- Quote ---Question:
Since it is forbidden to fast on Shabbat, do we fast on Yom Kippur if it falls on Shabbat?
Answer:
Your premise is correct; all other fast days are postponed until Sunday when they fall on Shabbat.1 However, unlike all other fasts, Yom Kippur is not postponed, and is fully observed even on Shabbat.2 The Torah dubs Yom Kippur, "Shabbat Shabbaton" -- the "Shabbat of Shabbats,"3 implying that it takes precedence over Shabbat.
According to chassidic teachings, Yom Kippur falling on Shabbat doesn't "deprive" us of the pleasures -- eating, drinking, resting, etc. -- which Shabbat normally affords us. Rather the extremely holy nature of Yom Kippur accomplishes the same objectives, albeit in a higher, more spiritual manner.
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Here is the always loving Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach teaching a lesson on Purim:
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