Book of Esther - Purim
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We present a selection of lectures delivered at the Oxford University Chabad Society relating to the Book of Esther and the Jewish holiday of Purim.
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'Moses, Mordecai, and the Rebbe: Leadership Under Different Circumstances' Dr. Israel Sandman University College London Click here to view the lecture |
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The Importance of Writing in the Book of Esther Professor Hindy Najman University of Oxford Click here to view the lecture. |
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'Nothing Lasts Forever... Except Purim?' Avi Blumgart St John's College, Oxford Click here to view the lecture |
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'Reaching for the Infinite: exploring a Purim Discourse by Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch (1773-1827)' Dr. Naftali Loewenthal University College London Click here to view the lecture |
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'Is G‑d mentioned in the Megillah?' Professor Jon Levenson Harvard University Click here to view the lecture |
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'Rashi on Esther: in the supercommentary of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson ' Rabbi Eli Brackman Oxford University Chabad Society Click here to view the lecture |
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'Comedy in the Book of Esther' Professor Adele Berlin University of Maryland Click here to view the lecture |
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'Justified Misbehaviour' Dr. Ros Abramsky Oxford Click here to view the lecture |
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'The book of Esther: a religious & political exegesis by pictures' Dr. Christopher Stener Click here to view the lecture |
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'Purim or Yom Kippurim?' Meir Wachs Oxford Click here to view the lecture |
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Pre-Purim lectures 2026
Rabbi Yona Reiss
'The Purim Piyyut "Shoshanat Yaakov"'
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Rabbi Daniel Aaron Glauberman
'Was it hard to schedule a Bar Mitzvah in Mordechai's Synagogue in Shushan?'
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Dr. Lea Cohen
'The Tree that he had prepared for him'
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Rabbi Eli Brackman
'A good heart always feasts: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's commentary on Rashi on Proverbs 15:15'
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Dr. Israel Sandman
'Interpretive Rendition of Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Discourse "Mordechai went forth from before the king'
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Neria Bares
'Three stories about fables and morals: between the shell and the fruit'
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Rainbow Chang
'Uncertainty Within Certainty - Esther, Responsibility, and the Collective Promise'
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Dr. Luz Evelia Martin del Campo
'Mapping The Lacandon Maya Identities and Jewish Narrative'
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Dr. Alberto Paganini
'Esther, Who?'
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Dr. Ros Abramsky
'Cutting cards with the dark side'
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Solomon Summer
'Drinking on Purim'
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Zev Bar Eitan
'Don Isaac Abravanel: A remarkable Biblical Commentator'
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