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A story about Esther that seems to be all about chance is really about &#8220;God&#8217;s presence working itself out in ways we can&#8217;t quite understand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purim is a bittersweet holiday with a powerful spiritual message, says Rabbi Gil Steinlauf of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC. A story about Esther that seems to be all about chance is really about &#8220;God&#8217;s presence working itself out in ways we can&#8217;t quite understand.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2011\/03\/18\/march-18-2011-rabbi-gil-steinlauf-extended-interview\/8394\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9577,9586,4864,9588,17918,9578,9587,9575,9576,6383],"class_list":["post-8394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-of-esther","tag-esther","tag-god","tag-haman","tag-jewish","tag-megillah","tag-mordecai","tag-purim","tag-rabbi-gil-steinlauf","tag-spiritual","topics-belief-and-practice","faith-jewish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March 18, 2011 ~ Rabbi Gil Steinlauf Extended Interview | March 18, 2011 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Purim is a bittersweet holiday with a powerful spiritual message, says Rabbi Gil Steinlauf of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC. 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