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Audio | Adar II 5784: Targum Rishon and Targum Sheni to Megillat Esther
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Audio | Adar II 5784: Targum Rishon and Targum Sheni to Megillat Esther

🎭 Two expansive Aramaic translations of the Scroll of Esther give us a window into how ancient and medieval audiences understood the core text of the Purim story, and enhance our own.

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