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face=Arial>From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine@stevens.edu><BR>"<BR><BR>See the
video at http://alephbeta.org/course/lecture/whats-in-a-name-1<BR><BR>There are
3 other videos about Purim on this site. My 10 year-old<BR>found them
interesting. YL</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>This comes from R' David Fohrman's outstanding book, *The Queen
You Thought You Knew: Unmasking Esther's hidden story* -- which
is based on a very close reading of the exact wording of the Megillah,
which echoes similar wording in the Chumash. It's a fascinating book
and is definitely for adults, not for ten-year-olds. But I will add
that even though his readings are clever and intriguing, I'm not convinced that
what he finds is "the" truth.</DIV>
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