5775 — Purim: Community

In this podcast, Rabbi Zvi Grumet discusses the importance of community and how this is illustrated in the story and practice of Purim. He looks at the different areas within the megillah and the laws that highlight why Purim is a festival that strengthens in multiple layers the unity of the Jewish people.

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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Zvi Grumet

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Grumet is a Jewish educator and Tanakh scholar who has taught at Pardes and currently serves as Director of Education at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and holds a B.A. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Jewish Education, and an Ed.D. from Yeshiva University.

Zvi has more than four decades of experience in Jewish education and has taught and trained educators around the world. His books include Moses and the Path to Leadership, Genesis: From Creation to Covenant, and Exodus: The Genesis of God’s People, and he served as a senior editor of the Koren Lev Lada’at Humash series. Before making aliyah, he spent nearly two decades teaching and leading Jewish educational institutions in the United States.