The cause of death for the 54-year-old Haman is unknown. “We love you so much and you will be in our thoughts forever!” wrote Sam Haman, who followed in his father’s footsteps as a bodybuilder.

While the custom of burning Haman effigies has faded away, a vast repertoire of para-liturgical Purim songs from Cochin has survive,d and many descendants of Cochin Jews sing the melodies as part ...

Haman’s fingers Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes Servings: This makes 36 to 40 pastries. Note: To thaw the filo dough, place the package in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours and up to overnight.

Mordechai refuses to bow before Haman as required by the new regulations. The astute reader may be wondering whether Haman himself had anything to do with the abortive coup.

Haman’s epithet, Agagite, indicates his descent from Agag, King of the Amalekite people. The similarity of his personality suggests this descent may be symbolic. The king had ordered Mordecai to ...

More than just the ancestor of Haman, the Biblical Amalek was the grandson of Esau, whom Jews consider the father of Roman Christendom. That is where many of the troubles with Purim, unmasked by ...

For Haman, the next step is to try to factor in dietary restrictions. In the future, he’d like to figure out how cold exposure and calorie restriction affect weight loss.

Often Haman is presented as a pure personification of evil, but I have never seen him that way. To me, he seems disturbed, in a pathetic sort of way, and that disturbance is the root of his evil ...

Legend has it that Haman began his career as a humble stable-cleaner, before he rose to political power and cunningly bribed king Ahasuerus to allow for the destruction of the Jews.

Haman's sons would have to have been genuine converts to Judaism in that case. However, we (the Jewish People) do not accept Amalekite converts. Therein lies the paradox explained here by Rav Hutner.

Darlene J. Haman, nee Bury, of Des Plaines. Loving wife of the late John Haman; caring mother of Lorrie (Byron) Mayyou, Gayle (Tom) Zinger, Judy (Frank) Maritote and the late Jayne (Neil) Sisson ...