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Our people have been experiencing a frenetic period for over a year, says the chief rabbi of Carmiel, HaRav Margolis. At first we thought that it would all be behind us after a month or two, but many are thoughts of man, whereas the counsel of Hashem prevails.

A year has passed since the outbreak of the plague and we are still bleeding. Devout Jews are being buried daily, each precious soul being lost to us amidst great pain. What can we do? Undoubtedly, Hashem is shaking us up terribly and chillingly, with the demise of many, many thousands of sick ones, and no less from the breach in Torah study in the botei medrash and chadorim which have been shut down. It is alarming. Only a deaf person can fail to hear and to willfully ignore it all.

The government approved this past Monday a principled decision determining a one-time compensation to all the families whose children disappeared in the affair of "the kidnapping of Yemenite children" over seventy years ago. The payment will vary between 150-200 thousand shekel. The plan was presented by PM Netanyahu and Security Minister Benny Ganz and was supported by an overwhelming majority of ministers.

The Kinneret water level stood early this week at a minus 209.345 meters. The average recent rise of two centimeters a day as a result of the inflow of streams points to a lack of only another 54.5 cubic centimeters in order for the Kinneret to reach its full capacity at the top red line.

In honor of Purim, we present these translations and excerpts from HaRav Brevda's world-famous shiurim on Purim, and his best-selling sefer on Megillas Esther and Purim — Kiymu Vekiblu — which has just been reprinted for the fourth time. They provide a deep insight into the underlying lessons of Purim. This was first published in the print edition in 1995, that is 26 years ago. Some of this material was subsequently published as "The Miracles of Purim" by HaRav Brevda.