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- Presented by Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
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- To reject the common misconception, that the Purim story was an isolated
historical event, with little direct bearing on the events which
surrounded it
- To identify an important message within the Purim story that applies to
our lives today
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- The Purim story belongs between which two historical events?
- Defeat and exile of 10 tribes (Yisrael) by Assyrian monarchs
- Defeat and exile of 2 tribes (Yehuda) by the Babylonian king
Nevuchadnezzar
- Permission to return to Eretz Yisrael and rebuild the Bais HaMikdash – granted
by Koresh (Cyrus)
- Permission to complete the building – granted by Daryavesh (Darius) the
Persian
- Return to Eretz Yisrael by Ezra and then Nechemia
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- During the account of which sefer TaNaCh did the Purim story occur?
- Malachim
- Yeshayahu
- Daniel
- Yechezkel
- Ezra
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- Defeat and exile of 10 tribes by Assyrian monarchs (Beginning 573 BCE /
3187 AM)
- Defeat and exile of 2 tribes by the Babylonian monarch Nevuchadnezzar
(422 BCE / 3338 AM)
- Permission to return to Eretz Yisrael and rebuild the Bais HaMikdash is
granted by Koresh (370 BCE / 3390 AM)
- PURIM STORY
- Permission to complete building granted by Daryavesh (completed 352 BCE
/ 3408 AM)
- Ezra returns to Eretz Yisrael (351 BCE / 3409 AM)
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