Learn the Kriyat Megillat Esther with Rabbi Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery

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מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz

The following seven lessons by Rabbi Hillel Ḥayim Yisraeli-Lavery to help the student prepare for their reading of Megillat Esther. The nusaḥ taught is Israeli style Ashkenaz-Lithuanian.

The complete reading of Megillat Esther

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R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli

Hillel Lavery-Yisraëli is the rabbi of Israel Center of Conservative Judaism in Queens, New York. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he did most of his rabbinical training in Jerusalem. He lived in Israel for 16 years, during which time he taught at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and served as the rabbi of Conservative Congregation Beit Israel in Netanya. From 2012-2015 he served as chief rabbi of Gothenburg, Sweden. Until August 2022, he served as the rabbi of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton, Canada. In keeping with his position as rabbi, he is an activist for human rights, women’s rights, anti-racism, 2S LGBTQIA+ rights and basic income. He has authored numerous articles, some of which can be seen here and here. Click here to watch his lecture, "Gender, Sexuality and Identity in the Jewish Tradition". More of his instructional videos can be found on youtube here and here. Rabbi Hillel is married to Yonah who is also a rabbi, a soferet and an artist. He is the proud father of four children.

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Works of related interest:

💬 סדר מגילת אסתר עם פסוקים שנאמרו על אסתר ומרדכי | Seder Megillat Esther (with verses to be said for Esther and Mordekhai)

טראָפּ | Ta’amei Hamiqra (cantillation) for Megillat Esther

Detail of transtropilized translation of a portion of Megillat Esther.

💬 מגילת אסתר | Megillat Esther: Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Haman and Zeresh at the gallows (Esther Ferrara Scroll 1617)

מִי כָמֽוֹךָ וְאֵין כָּמֽוֹךָ | Mi Khamokha v’Ein Kamokha, a retelling of Megillat Esther in a piyyut for Shabbat Zakhor by Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi (ca. 11th c.)

blessing on purim (Jessie Ethel Sampter 1920)

עַל מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה | Blessing before Megillat Esther on Purim, a rhyming translation by Jessie Ethel Sampter (1919)

💬 An Adaptation of the Megillah of Esther, an English Rendition with Trōp, by Ḥazzan Jack Kessler (1990)

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2 comments to Learn the Kriyat Megillat Esther with Rabbi Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery

חגית
2012-02-28 at 4:33 am · Reply.
מבקשת להודות לרב הלל על קריאתו הברורה .צר לי מאוד על כך שהרב לא נבחר לשמש רב בקהילה בה אני מתפללת ואני מקוה שמצא קהילה אחרת שתתברך בו.‏
Elihu
2017-12-26 at 10:54 am · Reply.
try this site too:
www1.saad.org.il/elihu/esther/esther.html
it contains all the special pieces and a big example of the beginning.

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