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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pre-Purim Reading Material
First and Fohrmost, as manyof youalready know, last year I read what I consider by far the best analysis of the megila that I've read (my memory is poor enough that I now need to reread it), The Queen You Thought You Knew by Rabbi David Fohrman (it's cheaper on the OU website). Just read it.
The year before, I really enjoyed Yoram Hazony's "The Dawn: Political Teachings of the Book of Esther." As you can guess from the title, it is a political analysis of the story.
Finally (for now at least), YU's Purim To Go is generally a good read.
Just like you wouldn't want to take a test without studying, your Purim experience will be far richer if you take the time to prepare for it. Happy learning.
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