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Pur Hu HaGoral; Homilies for Purim
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IntroductionPreface
Part I; Shabbat Zakhor
Between the Two "Remember"s; Shabbat and Amalek
Part II; Purim
The Knowledge of Not KnowingAmalek; Will to PowerThe Secret of the Mask"They accepted it willingly in the time of Ahasuerus"The Canonizing of Esther and the Redemption of PurimFlashes of FireThe Palace Parable; Humor as Self Negation
Part III; Breslov Style Purim Torah
"Give strong drink"A Tale of Yesh and Ayin Which Got Confused
Epilogue; Faith, Is or Is NotEndnotes

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Author: Shimon Gershon Rosenberg
Composed: Jerusalem, Israel
Pur Hu HaGoral is a collection of sermons related Purim delivered by Rabbi Shimon Gershon Rosenberg (known as Rav Shagar for his acronym) between the years of 1982 and 2003. Drawing on modern philosophy as well as on traditional chasidic thought, the work addresses spiritual questions such as the meaning of life and religious conviction and doubt, aiming to connect the Purim holiday with lived human experience.

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