207. Shtupping Contest! - February 27, 2021

TINW Torah Study

English - February 28, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.93 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Last week we celebrated the holiday of Purim, which is typically (in non-covid times) a holiday for laughter and merrymaking. Rabbi Jaech lead us in a closer inspection of the story which starts with the premise of rounding up the virgins to see which could pleasure the king the most. This is very disturbing to our modern minds. The ancient Rabbis were also disturbed by this story - but not for the same reason!