Purim 5781: ”The Hand in the Hiddenness” with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

The Talmud finds Esther in the Torah through a play on words in the curses of Sefer Devarim, “and I will hide, haster astir My countenance on that day.” Elsewhere the Talmud teaches in the name of Rav that to be a Jew one must experience God's hiddenness. Why is that, and what does it mean to experience God's hiddenness? And once we experience it, what are we to do? Join us in an exploration of these verses through the Talmud, Medieval Commentators and Hasidic Masters.