Empires rise and fall. God remains hidden but active.In Episode 11, the prophets teach us how to understand suffering, destruction, and survival in exile. Esther becomes the voice of a people learning how to live after catastrophe.

What happens when the Temple is gone, but the covenant remains?Episode 10 continues our journey through Melakhim, showing how Jewish survival after sovereignty becomes the foundation of the Esther story.Watch Episode 10 and keep g...

Royal courts are not neutral spaces. They are spiritual testing grounds.Episode 9 explores how the palace can become a place of moral danger and quiet corruption, echoing stories from Melakhim and the tragic history of Israel’s kings.

Power without legitimacy is always unstable.In Episode 8, we examine kingship, ego, and danger through the parallels between Shaul, David, and the Persian court. Haman emerges as the latest version of an ancient threat.Watch Episo...

What does leadership look like when no one has full control?Episode 7 looks at Esther and Mordechai as leaders in a fragmented world, where power is uncertain and authority is never absolute.Watch Episode 7 to explore leadership i...

Victory does not always happen on the battlefield.In Episode 6 with Rabbanit Malke Bina, we explore how the story of Esther redefines what it means to win. Not through swords, but through law, strategy, and courage in foreign spaces....

When prophecy is silent, memory becomes sacred.In Episode 5, we see how Esther becomes a way of rereading Jewish history itself. Without God speaking openly, the people must remember, interpret, and take responsibility for their future.<...

“A scattered and divided people.” That is how Haman describes the Jews.Episode 4 explores what it means to live without stability, without land, and without certainty. Esther becomes the story of a wandering people learning to survive th...

What happens to holiness when there is no Temple?In Episode 3, we uncover the surprising parallels between the Mishkan and the palace of Shushan. Feasting replaces sacrifice. Fasting replaces ritual. And Purim becomes a kind of inverted ...

Redemption does not always come with miracles. Sometimes it comes through politics, courage, and silence.In Episode 2, Rabbanit Shani Taragin shows how the story of Esther mirrors the Exodus but in a radically different key. Moshe confro...

The story of Esther does not begin in Persia. It begins in Bereishit. In Episode 1 of the new podcast series hosted by Rabbanit Shani Taragin, we discover that Megillat Esther is built on the DNA of Genesis itself. Hidden identities, sibling ri...

What if Megillat Esther is not the most hidden book in Tanakh, but the most brilliantly written one? We are launching a powerful 20 episode podcast series hosted by Rabbanit Shani Taragin that uncovers Esther as a text written in code. A story ...