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| ==Obligation==
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| # One is obligated to read the megilla at night and during the day on Purim. <ref> Megilla 4a, Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47 </ref> | |
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| ==Night Time Reading==
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| # The megilla can be read all night until alot hashachar.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47 </ref>
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| # If one misses the reading at night, he cannot make it up during the day.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48 </ref>
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| ===Berachot===
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| # Before reading the megilla at night, three berachot are recited: Al Mikra Megilla, SheAsa Nissim, and Shehecheyanu.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 65</ref>
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| ==Day Time Reading==
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| # The megilla can be read any time during the day from sunrise to sunset. <Ref>Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48 </ref> If one read it after alot hashachar but before sunrise, he nevertheless fulfilled his obligation<ref>Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48 </ref>
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| ===Berachot===
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| # According to sephardim, the beracha of shehecheyanu is not recited during the day.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 63, Rambam Megilla 1:3, Shulchan Aruch 692:1 </ref> According to ashkenazim, it is recited during the day.<ref> Rama 692:1, Rabenu Tam (quoted in Tosafot Megilla 4a) </ref>
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| ==Women==
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| # Women are also obligated to hear the megilla. <ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 50</ref>
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| # A man who already heard the megilla in shul can still read it for his wife.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 51-52</ref> He should recite all of the berachot before.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 53 </ref>
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| ==Children==
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| # Children should be trained to hear the megilla.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 55 </ref>
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Holidays]]
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| [[Category:Purim]]
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