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Esther 1: Why All the Parties? Why All the Detail? Real Messages from Achashveirosh's Absurdity and Machiavellian Strategy

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: February 20 2018

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Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Machshava:

Middot, Politics, Purim

Nach:

Esther

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Purim 5777

Description

A presentation of the Malbim's holistic approach to a host of curious details in perek 1, as well as the larger practical-mussar messages that emerge from analyzing Achashveirosh's absurdity and Machiavellian strategy.

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Esther 1: Why All the Parties? Why All the Detail? Real Messages from Achashveirosh's Absurdity and Machiavellian Strategy

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Machshava:

Middot, Politics, Purim

Nach:

Esther

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Purim 5777

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Esther 1: Why All the Parties? Why All the Detail? Real Messages from Achashveirosh's Absurdity and Machiavellian Strategy

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Machshava: Middot, Politics, Purim Nach: Esther

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Machshava:

Middot, Politics, Purim

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Esther