Purim Archives - Fleetwood Synagogue

March 25, 2024

Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 25, 2024

Moshe the Individual; Esther the Leader

No where else is a four and a half letter word asked to accomplish so much. The first word of the third sefer of Chummush is ויקרא, with a small א. Midrashim followed by the Rishonim offer a number of insights into both the reasoning for the little א and […]

March 22, 2024

Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 22, 2024

Taanit Esther Message

How can we celebrate Purim while our people are engaged in war in Israel and we face anti-Semitism around the world?

April 25, 2023

Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at April 25, 2023

Parshat Zachor

Three prominent enemies of the Jewish people appear throughout the Torah but only one bears the title of eternal enemy of the Jewish people. The מצרים enslaved us for hundreds of years. They drowned our babies and tormented our people. And yet, of them the Torah tells us לא תתעב […]