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Shabbat Zakhor
The Shabbat before Purim is called Shabbat Zakhor During morning service, the following poem written by Yehuda haLevi (1075-1141), is inserted into the "Nishmat Kol Hai" prayer (which falls between the Zemirot and the Recitation of the Shema). It poetically tells the story of Purim based on the Biblical narrative but also uses some Midrashic material and it mentions the role that God plays in the story, which in the Biblical description, is remarkably absent. |
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