Ezra

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1. Purim's Significance a Few Years Later: The Return to Zion

   Chazal's Preambles to Megillat Esther: Part 7

   Rabbi Moshe Taragin | 17 minutes

   This shiur explores linguistic and thematic parallels between Megillat Esther and the Book of Ezra. The two texts share similar events, motifs, and apparatus of recovery in situations of crisis - perhaps most significantly that of fasting. Ezra's confessional prayer seems to suggest that he derives inspiration and hope from God's Hand which, while hidden, is ever-present, as in the events of Megillat Esther.

2. The Final Vision (Part 1)

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   Chapter 10 is dated to the third year of Koresh. The descriptions of Koresh in Yeshayahu and in Ezra imply that he showed kindness towards the Jews and acted as God's emissary. Daniel’s mourning and the angel’s message to Daniel seem to lead to a conclusion that after giving permission to build the Beit HaMikdash, Koresh suspended this permission. Daniel’s vision takes place on the 24th of the month. The 24th of the month comes up repeatedly throughout prophecies in the period of the building of the second Beit HaMikdash.

3. Ezra- Nehemiah's Revolutionary Strategies Towards Jewish Continuity

   Yael Leibowitz | 55 minutes

   This class will look at the creative ways in which the leaders of the Shivat Zion movement faced the unprecedented challenges of their times, and the relevance of their ingenuity for today.