Eliezer Brodt – The Origins of Hamentashen in Jewish Literature
…the filling is hidden. Until the events which occurred on Purim, the Jews were accustomed to open miracles like those in their battle with Sisra, whereas the Purim miracle appeared…
Purim roundup
Since Purim is almost upon us, here are some older Seforim Blog posts dealing with Purim themes (arranged chronologically): Purim, Mixed Dancing and Kill Joys (3.06.2006); Mahar”i Mintz permitted cross…
Anim Zemorot: A Modern Purim Parody
Anim Zemorot: A Modern Purim Parody For many centuries, parodies have been part of the Purim literature (see this post discussing their history). One particularly popular genre of Purim literature…
R. Flensberg, Donkeys, Antelopes and Frogs
…the Purim Rav great deference. They would also pepper him with questions both about Purim and more comical questions. The Purim Rav would answer in the Purim spirit. Nowhere is…
“I Do Not Understand a Single Word of What I Wrote in My Book”: Rav Kook, Saul Lieberman, and a Literary Mishlo’aḥ Manot Exchange
…In the late afternoon of the “Purim of the unwalled cities,” the fourteenth of Adar 5695 (1935), when Rav Kook was preoccupied with the final preparations for the reading of…
“Milta De’Bedichuta”: Some Playful Parodies of the Talmud in the Modern Period
…his 2021 dissertation on Medieval Parodies for Purim, describes the earliest known parodies on the Talmud written for the holiday of Purim: The first, Massekhet Purim (Purim tractate), is a…
