Mordecai - member of Sanhedrin and general in the Persian army. Not the typical גדול!

Purim: Why was it Esther (not Mordechai) who pressured the חכמים to make Purim a holiday?

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If Moshe had led them then and there (& not died in Chutz L’Aretz), they would have also conquered & settled Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria!

Parshas Bechukosai: The תוכחה was pronounced right after the Ten Commandments

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The David-Jonathan Friendship: Was it a two-way street?

Herzl, Political Zionism, and Campus Riots, Pt. 4

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Purim: Why was it Esther (not Mordechai) who pressured the חכמים to make Purim a holiday?

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