Let's take a deep and thoughtful look at one of the Jewish calendar's most joyful holidays and ask some surprisingly serious questions: Why do we celebrate Jewish holidays at all? What is Purim actually trying to teach us — and how is its lesson unlike any other in the Torah?

We explore the unique place Megillat Esther holds in Jewish literature, and what it means that God's name never appears in it — not once. Unlike the five books of Moses, the Purim story doesn't announce the divine. It hides it. And maybe that's exactly the point.

We also sit with a harder truth: that today, many of us are holding onto a rope of faith — but that rope is shaking, and shaking violently. In a world where belief feels uncertain, are there ways beyond crisis and foxholes to find our way back to meaning? And what can the story of Esther, Mordecai, and a near-annihilation of the Jewish people teach us about that search?

We explore the relationship between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.

We’ll unpack:

• The relationship between the Written and Oral Law

• Why God gave the Torah in two parts

• And how the integrity of the Oral tradition was preserved across generations

The Torah isn’t just a book — it’s a living guide.

What is the Torah, really? We spend so much time discussing it and studying it but can you explain what it is?

Does Judaism require blind faith or is there actual evidence? We explore the mass revelation at Sinai, unique prophecies that defy explanation, fascinating mitzvot you've never thought about, and the impossible survival of the Jewish people across thousands of years.

This isn't your typical Torah class—it's about the big questions and surprising answers.