Conversations Toward Purim: Esther-Informed Spiritual Therapy

#purim #october7 #megillah

Introducing Adar Conversations, a series about themes of the Jewish festival of Purim and the Megillah, the biblical story of Esther. I recorded this in March 2024, as we approach the first Purim after the atrocities of October 7 and as the war continues. How can we celebrate, and maybe more importantly what can this book and this time in the Jewish year offer us as an "Esther-Informed Spiritual Therapy"?

To read this talk: https://www.rabbijon.net/rabbijon/2024/03/conversations-toward-purim-esther-informed-spiritual-therapy-for-5784-and-beyond.html

To watch this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XqZ42GLTIaQ

To view the Talmudic text I refer to: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/545387?lang=bi

To read the biblical book of Esther (the Megillah): https://www.sefaria.org/Esther.1?ven=Tanakh:_The_Holy_Scriptures,_published_by_JPS&lang=bi

To continue this conversation with me, e-mail rabbijon@tbanashua.org.