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 HAPPY PURIM 2026 ISRAEL.

Purim 2026 begins Monday night, March 2, and continues through Tuesday, March 3 (extending over Wednesday in Jerusalem)-The festival of Purim commemorates the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” It is celebrated with 

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Purim and the War Against Iran-JEWISH GOOD NEWS-March 1 2026 by Sarah Hochman

As Jews prepare to celebrate Purim this year, the ancient story of the defeat of Haman who ordered a decree to annihilate the Jewish people feels less like history and more like a headline.On the 14th of Adar, 356 BCE, the Jewish holiday of Purim was observed for the first time, commemorating the survival of the Jewish people under Persian imperial rule and the defeat of a decree calling for their annihilation. As Jews around the world prepare once again to mark Purim, the ancient story carries an uncomfortable familiarity, alongside a measure of hope.The Book of Esther tells the story of King Ahasuerus and his rise of his chief minister Haman, who uses royal favor to issue a decree of extermination against the Jewish people. Haman's hatred was rooted in a blood feud between his people, the Amalekites, and the Jews stretching back centuries.The decree is reversed not through military genius or diplomatic triumph, but through something harder to explain: a string of seemingly random events, each one unremarkable on its own, that together add up to something that can only be called a miracle.Look at the chain. Esther becomes queen, not because she sought power, but because the previous queen was deposed for refusing the king's command. Mordecai happens to overhear a plot to assassinate the king and reports it, a small act that gets recorded and then forgotten. Haman, consumed by rage at Mordecai's refusal to bow, builds a gallows and goes to the king at night to request Mordecai's execution. But the king can't sleep that same night, and orders his servants to read to him from the royal chronicles. They open, at random, to the exact passage about Mordecai saving the king's life, the favor that was never repaid. By morning, when Haman arrives to ask for Mordecai's death, the king is already asking how to honor him. Haman ends up leading Mordecai through the streets in royal celebration. The gallows he built for Mordecai becomes the instrument of his own execution.No single event looks like salvation. Every step along the way could have gone the other way. Taken together, they form something unmistakable.That is the hidden hand the Megillah is pointing to. God's name never appears in the Book of Esther. But the architecture of the story makes the presence undeniable. What looks like coincidence, read in sequence, is anything but. Venahafoch hu — "it was turned upside down." The condemned became the victors. Everything that was meant to destroy the Jews became the mechanism of their rescue.The Ancient Story Playing Out Now-Shushan, the very city at the heart of the Purim story, sits in what is today Iran.  We are in the midst of witnessing a moment of “venahafoch hu”, of things being turned over right now.The Islamic Republic of Iran has been the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, fueling proxy wars, arming terror groups, and spreading violence across the Middle East and beyond. For nearly four decades, its Supreme Leader positioned himself as the ideological heir to the annihilationist hatred the Jewish tradition names "Amalek." He openly and repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and the death of the Jewish people. And like Haman, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not survive to see those ambitions realized.Khamenei, the leader of this murderous regime, died on Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath immediately before Purim, when Jews around the world fulfill the Torah commandment to remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people. The timing is not something a novelist would dare invent. His end carries the unmistakable resonance of venahafoch hu.Khamenei spent decades declaring war on the Jewish people, on America, on Western civilization itself. He was taken down by the very forces he sought to destroy.The Danger Is Not Over-The Iranian regime's collapse, if it continues, would be one of the most significant geopolitical shifts in a generation. But we are not there yet. The situation is fluid and dangerous. Retaliation is already underway. The regime's proxies still have weapons, funding, and intent. A weakened but cornered-Iran may strike harder before it falls.The Iranian regime has spent decades building nuclear infrastructure aimed at one purpose: a weapon capable of killing millions of Jews.The Iranian regime has spent decades building nuclear infrastructure aimed at one purpose: a weapon capable of killing millions of Jews. It has funded every major terror organization targeting Israel and American interests in the region. It has murdered its own citizens for demanding basic rights. Half-measures and negotiations have bought time but time is running out. The window to act before Iran crosses a nuclear threshold is narrow. Israel and the United States share both the capability and the moral obligation to close it.The Call to Every Jew-The closeness of all this to Purim demands our attention.The story of Esther is, at its core, a story about what happens when people refuse to look away. Mordecai could have kept his head down. Esther could have stayed silent. Instead they acted, and their actions became the vessel through which something larger moved.Modern-day Esthers and Mordecais are out there, the dissidents inside Iran risking their lives, the intelligence officers who moved in silence, the leaders who held lines others wanted to abandon, the journalists who refused to normalize evil. Human responsibility was not hidden in Esther's time, and it is not hidden now.That is the call for Jews today, religious or not: come together and pray.Before Esther went to the king, she asked Mordecai to gather every Jew in the city to fast and pray together for three days. That communal gathering, that act of unity and serious prayer, was the foundation on which everything else rested.Let each of us do our part. For those who pray, pray. For those who hold power, advocate. Whatever gift or ability you possess, use it. And let us come together, like the Jews of Shushan, showing up united as one people.Throughout Jewish we have faced Hamans and Khameneis. Each believed he was writing the final chapter for the Jewish people. How remarkable that each turned out to be only a footnote.We are watching something unfold in real time. How it ends is not yet clear but the resonance with this season is too precise to ignore.I look forward to Purim this year, to our joint efforts, and to the day Iran is finally free.

Did the Ayatollah Try to Blow Up The Temple Mount Before he Died? Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz-March 2, 2026

Sunday was a tragic day in Israel as an Iranian missile killed nine people, some of whom were in a bomb shelter, left several missing, and wounded dozens, including several children, in Beit Shemesh, bringing the number of Israelis killed by Iranian missiles to 10, along with nearly 500 wounded.But a tragedy of a different kind was narrowly averted on Saturday, the first day of the war, as one missile landed just several hundred meters from the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. The missile hit the Sultan’s Pool outdoor events venue.On Sunday, another missile landed on a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem Sunday evening. Three people were wounded. The impact left a large crater in the road, hollowed out a traffic sign, and caused heavy damage to several cars.But it is also clear that the Islamist regime is targeting Jerusalem. Ironically, a missile strike on the Temple Mount would likely destroy the Muslim structures that dominate Judaism’s holiest site. Within Saturday’s Jerusalem’bound rocket is a hidden meaning. The first day of the war was the 11th day of the ninth Islamic month, Ramadan, in which the Muslims increase their religious fervor. Americans will connect this date as hinting at 9-11, the Jihadist attacks that rocked the US on September 11thm 2001, in which four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, while the fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt. In response to the attacks, the United States launched the global war on terror, seeking to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations and the governments purported to support them.President Trump’s attack on the Islamist regime in Iran can be seen as a major blow, taking out the largest government sponsor of terrorism in the region and perhaps the world. Killing the Ayatollah and dozens of the regime leaders is a major step toward the president’s stated goal of regime change, reversing the Islamist takeover of the Iranian government in1979 which was punctuated by the taking of  66 American hostages and holding them at the embassy for 444 days. But Jews have their own 9-11. In the Hebrew calendar, the ninth day of the 11th month is Tisha B’av, the ninth day of Av, an austere day of mourning for the destruction of both Jewish Temples on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. While Sunni Palestinians claim the Jewish site has spiritual significance for them (a claim denied by other Sunni Muslms), Iran and the Shiite religion do not attribute any significance to Jerusalem. Irah has, nonetheless, supported Hamas and Hizbullah in putting Al-Aqsa at the top of their agenda. The Ayatollah Khameini was killed significantly during Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before Purim, when the Jews read the portion of the Torah commanding us to wipe out the memory of Amalek from the world. Haman, the anti-hero of Purim, was an Agagite, a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites, notably spared by King Saul in defiance of a direct divine command to destroy the nation. The focus of the missile strikes paints a disturbing picture linking the Islamist regime to Amalek. The Iranian regime is targeting civilian centers in Israel, making it clear that they are waging war like Biblical Amalek, who targeted the elderly, young, and weak, belying their evil nature that kills without gaining any military or even monetary benefit.The Book of Esther was written in exile in Persia after the destruction of the Temple but the Purim story is fundamentally linked to the Jewish struggle to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. According to Jewish tradition and Rabbinic commentary, King Achashverosh (Ahasuerus) used the holy vessels from the Temple in Jerusalem during his lavish, 180-day feast, followed by a 7-day feast, as recorded in the beginning of the Book of Esther. The Talmud notes that Achashverosh also wore the garments of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) during this time. The rivalry between Mordechai and Haman was deeply connected to the rebuilding of the Temple. Haman, a descendant of Amalek, worked to halt construction, while Mordechai worked to complete it. The funds Haman provided to the king to destroy the Jews were, through the “great reversal” (venahaphoch hu), later utilized to support the rebuilding of the Temple.While Achashverosh remained opposed to rebuilding the Temple, the story concludes with the eventual rise of a new king, whom tradition identifies as Darius II, the son of Esther and Achashverosh, who allowed the rebuilding of the Second Temple to be completed.So just as Haman the Agagite tried to prevent the rebuilding of the Temple, Ayatollah Khameini, the spiritual heir of that mission, was trying to destroy the Temple Mount in his final throes. Rabbi Mordechai Ben Avraham, who lives in the Old City of Jerusalem, wrote about this spiritual aspect of the ongoing war and how it is focusing on the rebuilding of the Temple. “The ‘Architects of Chaos’ in Tehran attempted to commit an act of sacrilege so profound it would have torn the fabric of human history,” Rabbi Ben Avraham wrote. “They launched a ballistic warhead aimed at the heart of Jerusalem. And let us be clear: this was not a “military error.” This was an intentional strike on the most sensitive thirty-five acres on Earth.”“Had that warhead deviated by just a few degrees, or had the hand of the Almighty not guided it into the open amphitheater of the Hinnom Valley, it would have struck the Temple Mount.“Consider the timing. We are in the month of Ramadan. At the moment of that strike, the Mount was filled with thousands of Muslim worshippers in prayer. The Iranian regime a regime that claims to speak in the name of Islam, was willing to slaughter thousands of their own co-religionists and destroy the Al-Aqsa compound just to strike a blow at the ‘Zionist entity.’“I believe this near-catastrophe marks the beginning of the end for the regime in Tehran. By attempting to bomb the Temple Mount, they have lost the last shred of their ‘Islamic’ legitimacy. Even our neighbors, the Saudis, the Emiratis, and the Jordanians now see the truth. You cannot claim to be the vanguard of faith while trying to blow up its foundation.“The protection of God diffused the malice of man yesterday. He allowed our infrastructure to deal with the threat, but He also placed a “hedge of protection” around the Mount. This is the moment for a global realignment. We must reclaim the anchor of our values and stand as a “Unified Shield” against those who seek to burn the world down.“Jerusalem remains. The Mount remains. And we remain, witnesses to a miracle that calls us to a higher unity,” the rabbi concluded.Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Ben Avraham is a multifaceted spiritual leader whose journey spans the heights of the American entertainment industry and the sacred halls of Jerusalem’s top Yeshivot. Originally a high-level music executive at Warner Bros. Records and a successful entrepreneur who helped ignite viral cultural movements in Los Angeles, he transitioned into the political arena as the 2016 Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in California’s 37th District. Following the election, he moved to Israel to embark on a deep spiritual pursuit at the prestigious Ohr Somayach yeshiva, where he dedicated years to rigorous Torah study and eventually attained rabbinic ordination. Now a respected rabbi, he is the author of works such as Mind of the Black Jew and has become a prominent global voice, frequently sought after for lectures, television appearances, and features in major international publications.

Iran in Prophecy-Efi Palvanov-Biblical News-March 2, 2026

As we witness incredible events in the Middle East, it is worth reviewing and summarizing ancient prophecies that speak of Iran at the End of Days. First is Ezekiel’s prophecy of Gog u’Magog (Ch. 38-39), where he lists Persia (Paras) as the first ally of Gog in the final apocalyptic war against Israel. The Persian regime goes on to be described as the main adversary in many rabbinic prophecies. Nearly two millennia ago, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai taught that “If you see a Persian horse tied up to the graves of the land of Israel, expect the footsteps of Mashiach.” (Shir haShirim Rabbah 8:9) In other words, when Persian military might is causing deaths in Israel, God forbid, the Final Redemption is near. Tragically, one woman was killed today in Tel-Aviv from an Iranian missile. Let us pray it is the last grave in Israel caused by a “Persian horse”.In the 7th century Sefer Zerubavel (explored fully and in depth in the recent class on ‘Trump, Iran and the Year of the Horse, Part 2’), Persia again plays a big role. We are told that the king of Persia, referred to as “Seroy”, will launch attacks against Israel: “Seroy the king of Persia will attack Nehemiah ben Hushiel and Israel, and there will be great suffering in Israel.” Here, Nehemiah ben Hushiel is the title given to Mashiach ben Yosef. The suffering won’t last long, though, and Hashem “will place a spirit of confusion upon [the Persian army], and they will kill one another, each (slaying) his companion or his countryman. The wicked one [Seroy] will die.” The Persian king will die early on in the war, perhaps at the very beginning. This is important to keep in mind as we now have reports confirming the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khameini. Meanwhile, Iran’s remaining leadership is in disarray, and some of them are calling for mercy and “de-escalation”.The death of Khameini is significant, especially on Shabbat Zachor (when we read about Amalek), and on the cusp of Purim, which commemorates the death of another genocidal Persian figure, the Amalekite Haman. The alliteration of Haman and Khameini is unmissable. Moreover, the Zohar (II, 58b) prophecies that at the End of Days, God will bring back all the old oppressors of Israel and punish them one last time: “The Holy One, blessed be He, shall resurrect those kings that distressed Israel and Jerusalem, such as ‘Adrianus’ [Vespasian] and ‘Lupinus’ [Titus], Nebuchadnezzar and Sancheriv, and all the other kings of the world that took part in the destruction of His House…” In the past, I’ve noted how Saddam Hussein believed himself to be the reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar. He spoke about it openly, built his palace over the archaeological remains of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace, and minted coins superimposing his face over Nebuchadnezzar’s, among other things. Saddam was president of Iraq, which is modern-day Babylon. It is quite possible that Iran’s Khameini is the modern-day version of ancient Iran’s Haman.Another well-known prophecy about Persia in the End of Days is in the Talmud (Yoma 10a). Here, the Sages debate whether Rome will ultimately fall to Persia, or will Persia ultimately fall to Rome? Now, it is important to remember that in the time when the Talmud was written, the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire were locked in a centuries-long war. In fact, the Roman-Persian War is one of history’s longest, officially dated from 54 BCE to 628 CE, a whopping 681 years! The peshat here in the Talmud is that the Sages were debating how that Roman-Persian war they were mired in at the time would end. Some thought Rome would win and some thought Persia would win. The debate concludes with Rav Yehuda citing a teaching from Rav (in Sanhedrin 98b) that “The son of David will come only when the wicked kingdom of Rome spreads its dominance throughout the world for nine months.” This implies that Rome would ultimately win over Persia. Right now, we are certainly seeing the modern-day “Roman Empire” displaying its dominance over the whole world, Persia included.Finally, no discussion of Iran in prophecy would be complete without the well-known Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni II, 499 (worth reading the whole passage!) Amidst a long discussion of the Light of Creation and the Light of Mashiach, we are told that “In the year that King Mashiach will be revealed, all the kings of the nations of the world will taunt each other. The king of Persia will taunt the king of Arabia. And the king of Arabia will go to Aram to get advice from them…” Standard versions of the text today typically say “Aram” (ארם) here, but it is far more likely that original manuscripts said “Edom” (אדם), which makes a lot more sense both then and now. It is interesting to note that Iran responded today by attacking neighbouring Arab countries as well, and one of the first victims (outside Iran) was a citizen in the United Arab Emirates. Also revealed in the news now is that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was encouraging Trump to launch the attack on Iran despite presenting himself publicly as being opposed to it.The prophecy continues to say that in the midst of this war “the king of Persia returns and destroys the entire world…” A desperate Persian regime will, it seems, unleash something terrible upon the world. Not to worry, though, because Hashem says “My children, do not be afraid! All that I have done, I have only done for your sake. Why are you afraid? Do not be afraid, the time of your redemption has arrived!” Shortly after, Mashiach is revealed (referred to here in the Midrash as “Ephraim”) to bring an end to the war and peace and prosperity to Israel: “At that time, the Holy One, blessed be He, will raise up Mashiach to the highest Heavens, and spread upon him some of His glory, before the nations of the world and before the wicked Persians. They tell him: ‘Ephraim, our righteous Mashiach, judge them and do as you wish with them…’”Here, the Midrash describes that Persian forces are not alone in the area, but that “Not one or two kingdoms come upon him, but one hundred and forty kingdoms surround him.” As I first suggested a couple of years ago in this shiur on Mashiach ben Yosef, this may be referring to the United Nations peacekeeping forces which officially have troops from about 140 nations. In addition, Trump’s “International Stabilization Force” in Gaza (with its headquarters in Kiryat Gat, Israel) will soon bring in troops from all over the world, including 8000 already committed by Indonesia (the world’s largest Muslim country, no less). Just this past week, I spoke to a friend in Indonesia who told me his taxi driver’s soldier son is already on the way to Gaza! The Midrash does not provide an exact timeline, but does mention one clue: “Our Rabbis taught: The Patriarchs are destined to stand in Nisan and say: ‘Ephraim, our righteous Mashiach, even though we are your forefathers, you are better than us because you suffered the sins of our children and harsh and evil things have befallen you which have not befallen the former ones or the latter ones…’” The Patriarchs are worried that Mashiach will not want to save his people because of all the torment they caused him, but he reassures the Patriarchs that “All that I have done I have only done for you and for your children to enjoy this goodness that the Holy One, blessed be He, has bestowed upon Israel.” The Patriarchs reply: “Ephraim, our righteous Mashiach, rest your mind for you have rested the mind of your Maker and our minds.” Hopefully, the Nisan referenced to here is the forthcoming Nisan next month. Finally, it is worth remembering that it was the Persian emperor Cyrus who liberated the Jews some 2500 years ago and allowed them to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. We read in Isaiah 45:1 that Cyrus is surprisingly referred to as God’s meshicho, “anointed one”. Our Sages (Megillah 12a) discuss this puzzle and conclude that, of course, he was not the Messiah. So what might we learn from it instead? Perhaps it is a prophetic allusion for the present day: that Mashiach has a Persian connection, that we should expect Iran to once again play a big role, and that they will once again pave the way for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, speedily and in our days. Wishing Everyone a Happy & Meaningful Purim! Efraim Palvanov, a teacher and author, writes the blog Mayim Achronim (Final Waters), named for the little-known Jewish ritual of washing the fingers after a meal. Like the eponymous mitzvah, the blog covers Jewish subjects that are misunderstood or not normally discussed.Reprinted with permission from Efi Palvanov’s free blog, Mayim Achronim

What Is Purim? 
The jolly Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (late winter/early spring). Purim 2026 begins on Monday night, March 2 and continues until Tuesday, March 3 (extending through Wednesday in Jerusalem). It commemorates the (Divinely orchestrated) salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” Literally “lots” in ancient Persian, Purim was thus named since Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his diabolical scheme, as recorded in the Megillah (book of Esther).

A Summary of the Book of Esther-What Is the Book of Esther About? By Menachem Posner
Esther is the heroine of the Purim story, in which the Jewish people who live in the sprawling Persian Empire are saved from Haman’s evil scheme to annihilate them. The dramatic saga was written down so that Jewish people could read about the amazing turn of events every year on the holiday of Purim, the anniversary of the Jews’ victory over their enemies.The Megillah of Esther (megillah means “scroll” in Hebrew) is one of the five megillahs that are included in the biblical canon. These books are all relatively short and are part of Ketuvim (the Writings portion of the Torah that comes after the Pentateuch and the Prophets). They are: The Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim), Ruth, Lamentations (Eicha), Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) and Esther. Of these, Esther is the only one to be commonly read from a handwritten parchment scroll.
What’s in It? The book of Esther is written in Hebrew. However, since it was written by Jews who had been exiled in Persia and dealt with Persian court proceedings, it is only natural that it borrows words from the vernacular. Some of these words are the hard-to-pronounce “achashdarpanim,” which means “satraps” (or “governors”), and dat, which means “law,” and is related to the word “data.”The book is divided into 10 chapters. Here is a quick summary of their contents:
Chapter 1: King Achashveirosh of Persia holds two giant parties, and he has his wife, Vashti, executed.
Chapter 2: A search for a new queen results in Esther (cousin of the Torah sage Mordechai) being taken to the palace, but not sharing her Jewish identity. Together, they save the king from two plotting palace staffers.
Chapter 3: The evil advisor, Haman, convinces the king to have all the Jews in his empire executed on one day: Adar 13.
Chapter 4: Mordechai prevails upon Esther to intercede before the king.
Chapter 5: Esther invites the king and Haman to a private party, at which she invites both of them to a second party. Haman decides to erect gallows on which to hang Mordechai, who bravely refuses to bow to him.
Chapter 6: The king is unable to sleep, and on that night is reminded that he never rewarded Mordechai for saving his life. He asks Haman to parade Mordechai around town, dressed in royal clothing, riding the king’s horse.
Chapter 7: At the second party, Esther tells the king that Haman wishes to exterminate her people. Enraged, the king has Haman strung up on the gallows he had prepared.
Chapter 8: Orders are issued in the king’s name, authorizing the Jews to defend themselves and kill those who wish to kill them.
Chapter 9: The Jews defend themselves on Adar 13 and rest on Adar 14. In the capital of Shushan, an extra day is needed, and the rest is delayed to Adar 15. Esther has the events recorded, and scrolls are sent to Jews all over.(At the point in the story that describes how the 10 sons of Haman were killed and hanged on the gallows, the words in the Megillah are actually stacked in a column, using a format seen in just a few places in scripture.)
Chapter 10: The events are included in the records of Persia and Media, and Mordechai is a wildly popular viceroy.
What We Do With It
As per Mordechai’s instruction, the Megillah is read on Purim: once on Purim night, and again on the following day. The Megillah reading is preceded and followed by special blessings.It is a mitzvah to hear all of the Megillah reading. Thus, it is very important to be absolutely quiet during the reading, allowing everyone to hear every word clearly. It is customary to follow along with the reader.For those unable to make it to synagogue, Megillah may be read at home, provided that it is read from an authentic scroll by someone familiar with the exact pronunciation of the Hebrew words, many of which are unusual (see above) and are pronounced differently than they are written. You can use this interactive trainer to learn the pronunciations and tune.Happy Purim!