Purim – Playing the Lottery
In the Story of Purim Haman cast lots to determine on which day of the year he intends to exterminate the Jews. As the Scroll of Esther relates, Haman “cast a pur, which is a goral” (Esther 3:7), and decided on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. Both pur and goral mean “lottery,” […]










