Topics:

• Chassidus applied to Purim
• Why do we keep the Fast of Esther today when there is no decree?
• Why is there ever a mitzvah to get drunk?
• How could Mordecahi put all the Jews in danger by not bowing to Haman?
• Are their allusions in midrash that Esther was married to Mordechai?
• Why is G-d’s name not mentioned in Megilas Esther?
• What did the Jews do wrong by attending Achashverosh’s banquet?
• Why is Esther credited with saving the Jews by marrying Achashverosh?
• Why are women obligated to hear the Megillah if it’s a mitzvas asei she’ha’zman grammah?
• Why are the three letters, tof, shin and zayin, purposely written in small letter in the Megillah?
• What is the significance of the four verses of the megillah that we all read aloud?
• Why did Esther have two parties for Achashverosh and Haman?
• What are the origins of hamantashen?
• Is there a connection between Mordechai and Esther and the Babylonian deities marduk and ishtar?
• Did Vashti actually grow a physical tail?
• What ever happened to Zeresh?
• Did the Rebbe once say at a Purim farbrengen that everyone who raises their hand will become wealthy?
• What is the story with the Purim the Rebbe went into the small shul upstairs, asked that the doors and windows be locked, and then said a maamar to a small group of people?
• Chassidus questions:
  • How can Yom Ha’Kippurim, the holiest day of the year, be only like Purim (Ki-Purim)?
  • What is the meaning of orah in la’yihudim hoysa orah, and how is it connected to havdalah?
  • How do we apply ad d’lo yoda?