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VIDEO: Hasidic Jew’s trip to Iran to find Queen Esther’s tomb

JL;DR SUMMARY Abraham Schwartz, a young Hasidic man, embarked on a bold journey to Iran to visit the tombs of Queen Esther and Mordechai right before Purim. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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YiddishIranPurimCultural InteractionMordechaiHasidicJewish TravelHasidic LifeQueen EstherTravel Documentation

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Hamedan, Ardabil, Iran
"Abraham Schwartz meets an imam near the tombs of Queen Esther and Mordechai, in Hamedan Courtesy of Abraham Schwartz"
Tehran, Iran
"and then follows him onto the plane; his landing in Tehran; what he finds in his hotel room in Hamedan, and then his visits to memorable sites"

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