The very purpose of Purim is to encourage others to follow in the footsteps of Mordechai and Esther, and show courage and determination in the face of uncertainty.
Sydney's Central Synagogue's Associate Rabbi David Freedman and his wife Ruth were born in London and emigrated to Sydney in 1988. He has written the following article on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee. Rabbi Jonathan Romain once related the following story – true or not – it certainly made me smile. He wrote as…