Learning to Hate Amalek
In the latter part of the 5767 (2007), HaRav Ginsburgh introduced a model of 4 types of role models every person needs: a rebbe, a...
Category : Purim
Permitting Doubt
One of the Ba’al Shem Tov’s most famous gematriot is that Amalek has the same value as doubt. In a farbrengen given in English a...
Monkey or King?
Does a person turn into a monkey or a king at the end of his life? Purim is a great holiday for children, but can't...
Just the Opposite
The essence of the Purim miracle is "v'nahafoch hu" – "it turned about – that the Jews ruled over those who hated them," to the...
Careful! Look out for Amalek!
They have been married for ten years, and for a long time, he no longer quite remembers what a natural feeling of love for her...
Hide and Seek on Purim
The costume party is in full swing. Everybody loves to hide behind a different persona. To don a costume so convincing that nobody will recognize...
The Strong Niggun: Erasing Amalek
From the Purim feast at Rabbi Ginsburgh’s home, 5783. The song is about erasing the name of Israel’s archenemy, Amalek....
Sweetening Fear on Purim
At the end of the Megillah reading on Purim, we sing “Cursed is Zeresh the wife of my nemesis, blessed is Esther, who is in...
Festivals Remedy Mental Illness
The Torah is multidimensional. Chasidic thought unlocked the psychological side dimension in all its depth. One of the ideas uncovered is that the festivals correspond...
