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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> | # The megilla can be read all night until alot hashachar.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47 </ref> | ||
# 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> | # 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> | ||
===Berachot=== | |||
# Before reading the megilla at night, three berachot are recited: Al Mikra Megilla, SheAsa Nissim, and Shehecheyanu.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 65</ref> | |||
==Day Time Reading== | ==Day Time Reading== | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 28 February 2018
Obligation
- One is obligated to read the megilla at night and during the day on Purim. [1]
Night Time Reading
- The megilla can be read all night until alot hashachar.[2]
- If one misses the reading at night, he cannot make it up during the day.[3]
Berachot
- Before reading the megilla at night, three berachot are recited: Al Mikra Megilla, SheAsa Nissim, and Shehecheyanu.[4]
Day Time Reading
- The megilla can be read any time during the day from sunrise to sunset. [5] If one read it after alot hashachar but before sunrise, he nevertheless fulfilled his obligation[6]
Berachot
- According to sephardim, the beracha of shehecheyanu is not recited during the day.[7] According to ashkenazim, it is recited during the day.[8]
Women
- Women are also obligated to hear the megilla. [9]
- A man who already heard the megilla in shul can still read it for his wife.[10] He should recite all of the berachot before.[11]
Children
- Children should be trained to hear the megilla.[12]
Sources
- ↑ Megilla 4a, Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 65
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 63, Rambam Megilla 1:3, Shulchan Aruch 692:1
- ↑ Rama 692:1, Rabenu Tam (quoted in Tosafot Megilla 4a)
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 50
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 51-52
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 53
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 55
