The Jewish History Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Religion & Spirituality:Judaism
TORCH Annual Fundraiser
Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will be DOUBLED.
Please support the Jewish History Podcast right now at giveTORCH.org
The website for the Fundraiser is giveTORCH.org
Click and donate to support the Jewish History Podcast in 2024
We need your help!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Purim is a holiday celebrated by Jews worldwide on the 14th day of the month of Adar, and in Jerusalem and walled cities on the fifteenth day of Adar. It commemorates the story of the salvation of the Jewish nation from the genocidal plans of Haman and Achashveirosh in Persia. How did the Jews end up living under the Persians in the middle of the Middle East? How did the nation that entered and conquered Israel/Judea under Joshua end up in Persia? In this podcast we will tell the backstory of the Purim story and the actual Purim miracle as told in the Book of Esther and the related sources in classical Jewish Literature, embellished by discoveries in archaeology. It begins with King Achashverosh, the Persian king who ruled from Hodu until Cush (India until Ethiopia), making a massive feast for all the ministers and noblemen of Persia and Media that lasted for 180 days. Soon afterwards Achashverosh partners with the wicked Haman to annihilate the entire Jewish nation. Spoiler alert: Things don’t go as Haman planned.
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DONATE to TORCH: Please consider supporting the podcasts by making a donation to help fund our Jewish outreach and educational efforts at https://www.torchweb.org/support.php. Thank you!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Email me with questions, comments, and feedback: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
SUBSCRIBE to my Newsletter
rabbiwolbe.com/newsletter
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
SUBSCRIBE to Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe’s Podcasts
The Parsha Podcast
The Jewish History Podcast
The Mitzvah Podcast
This Jewish Life
The Ethics Podcast
TORAH 101
Ep. 84: Two-State Solution Part 2: A Century of Doomed Proposals + TORCH Fundraiser
Ep. 83: Two-State Solution Part 1: The Peril and Naivete of Promoting a Palestinian State + annual TORCH Fundraiser
Ep. 82: Valor and Violence: Jews and Arabs in 1920s British Mandate Palestine
The History of Chanukah: Hellenism, Heroism and Hasmoneans (Rebroadcast)
Ep. 81: Hostage Rescues and Ransoms in Jewish History and Law
Ep. 80: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Historical Background
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
Ep. 78: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 2: Hasmoneans, Herod, and Hillel)
Ep. 77: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 1: From Moses to Men of the Great Assembly)
TORCH Fundraiser: A Conversation with our Board President, Dan Kullman
Start 2021 Right with The Parsha Podcast
Ep. 76: JC in Jewish Sources: Exploring the Censored Text
Ep. 75 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part Two – Restoring the Crown of Sephardic Jewry to its Former Glory
Thanks a Million!
Ep. 74 – Chacham Ovadia Yosef: Part One – The Prince of Torah
Ep. 73: Rabbi Avraham Grodzinsky: The Exemplar of Slabodka
Ep. 72: Chazon Ish: Part Three – On Politics and the Conflict of Religion and State
Ep. 71: Chazon Ish: The Founding Father of the Modern Yeshiva World (Part Two: Making the Spiritual Desert Bloom)
Ep. 70: Chazon Ish: The Founding Father of the Modern Yeshiva World (Part One: Torah Renaissance Man)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
In These Times with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch
The Nightingale of Iran
Unpacking Israeli History
Abundant Ever After with Cathy Heller
Israel Story