The Adams Street Shul

Purim, 5766:

Pre-Purim Class,
with
Rabbi Norbert Weinberg

Pre-Purim Class
(60 minutes; MP3 audio file: 17 MB)

Topics Covered:

•  First Adar versus Second Adar
•  Taanis Esther
      in relation to other Fast Days
•  Shabbat Zachor: Remembering Amalek
•  The Four Mitzvot of Purim:
      Hearing the Megillah
      Matanot Levyonim (charity)
      Mishloach Manot (gift-giving)
      The Purim Seudah
•  No Hallel: Purim vs. Chanukah
•  Public Displays of Mourning
•  Reading the Megillah
•  The Seudah (Festive Meal)

Rabbi Weinberg's remarks were delivered on March 8, 2006.