Rabbi Rivkin reads the Megillat Esther on Purim

On every Purim, Jews gather to hear the reading of the Megillat Esther, the biblical Book of Esther. For us it is a joyous holiday full of sharing good food, acts of charity, fun, and song. This film shows a few short sections of Rabbi Uriel Rivkin's reading (which really means singing in the traditional melody) the whole Megillah. This takes about a half an hour to do in total. The clips show three distinct customs of this reading. The first is the best known, the drowning out of the "Hamen," the name of the story's principal villain. We also see the custom of reciting all ten of Haman's sons on only one breath. Also, we see the lifting of the hand written scroll when the end of the text refers to its writing.

A big Yasher Koiach to Rabbi Rivkin who sang the Megillah after having lained the Torah and led Shabbos Musaf earlier in the day. Being a Rabbi is a full time job!




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[KingOystar]

Hamen was such an evil man. Im glad he got what he diservered.

[NJnicholls]

purim tov, 5770 :)

[reksub10]

sorry ive wandered into that weird part of stumble upon again ,,,,but for what its worth ,,see the being that created all life and its machinations ,,do you think it cares about this ? now i understand parties and holydays(holidays) ,and teaching people things ,but i dont get why somthing divine would be like wow cheers for doing that

[KingOystar]

Y'asher Koach Rabbi Rivkin!

[Blueking09991]

いいトーラを読むです。ヒバル語が難しい言語です。僕はアメリカ­人ですが日本人じゃないてす。僕はクリズチャンです。でも、ジュ­ワシの分かるを勉強したいです。アドナイ神は僕の神がイェシュア­は僕のメッサイヤです。度氏らのもが大好きです。For those of your reading this I am not Japanese I am American. I am just learning Japanese and am a Christian interesting in Jewish understanding.

[CoolIizard]

@067zeke Yes, this is the reading of an important text, although as it isn't praying I'm not sure if you'd call it 'worship'. However, this reading is for Purim, a Jewish holiday. The day generally has a bit more of a festive atmosphere than normal; it's a celebration of not being killed (again). As for the banging, it's to drown out Haman's name (the villain of the story).

[zakwazza]

wow thats differant Poor Haman who ever he is leave the poor bloke be

[anakaday]

When they say the name Haman they curse him and bang on the table. He was the adviser to king Ashasverosh in Persia and he wanted to destroy the kingdom and the jews. Esther married the King but she didn't tell him he was jewish until the very end and he Hanged Haman and his 10 evil sons.

The megila is a story to be read and lived as if you were there it is not worship.

[067zeke]

lol, is this really worship? why do you bang your hands on the table? lol

[Joe1729]

You may not be ignorant, but you are definitely arrogant..

[vikula1]

although your point may be valid (i do not know the intricacies of reading the text), this is not the reason for this clip. People who access this clip here, on youtube, are not looking for the exact and correct and perfect pronunciation. We just want to hear it, and it is good enough for us at this point of our spiritual journey.