Four Parshiot

From Halachipedia

Introduction

  1. In the month of Adar there are 4 Parshiot that are read after the weekly פרשה each Shabbat. The maftir on the first Shabbat after Rosh Chodesh Adar is Parshat Shekalim. The maftir on the second Shabbat after Rosh Chodesh Adar is Parshat Zachor. The maftir on the third Shabbat after Rosh Chodesh Adar is Parshat Parah. The maftir on the four Shabbat after Rosh Chodesh Adar is Parshat HaChodesh. [1]
  2. Parshat Shekalim is to remember the mitzvah to donate half-shaklim in the time of the Bet HaMikdash. Parshat Zachor is to remember the mitzvah of detstroying Amalek in proximity to the story of purim. Parshat Parah is in commemoration of the parah adumah done before the inauguration of Mishkan and serves as a prayer to be purified by Hashem. Parshat HaChodesh is to sanctify the new moon of Nissan (which is the beginning of the year in some respects) even though isn’t the primary sanctification of the moon. [2]
  3. If one missed reading the פרשה of the week there’s no make up. [3]

Calenders of Adar

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 Rosh Chodesh, Shekalim

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 Zachor

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 Parah

23

24

25

26

27

28 29 HaChodesh


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Shekalim
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Zachor
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Parah
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 HaChodesh


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Shekalim
3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Zachor
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Parah
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 HaChodesh
26 27 28 29


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Shekalim
5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Zachor
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Parah
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 HaChodesh
28 29

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Parshat Zachor

  1. Hearing Parshat Zachor is a biblical mitzvah. [5]
  2. The mitzvah is to express this commemoration verbally and so the reader and those listening should intent to fulfill the obligation. [6]
  3. If one can’t make it to hear Parshat Zachor in a minyan one should read it with the Trup from a Sefer. [7]
  4. Some say that the word Zecher (with Segol) and some say Zaycher (with Tzeyreh) and so it’s proper to read it twice. [8] Some say that one should read the entire פסוק twice [9] while others say it’s enough to read the words Zecher Amalek or Timcheh Et Zecher Amalek a second time. [10]
  5. When reading the פרשה of Zachor in Ki Tetse during the year the minhag is to read it Zaycher (with Tzeyreh). [11]
  6. An Ashkenazi shouldn’t hear Parshat Zachor from a Sephardic Baal Koreh and a Sephardi shouldn’t hear the Parshat Zachor from an Ashkenazic Baal Koreh. [12] and some say that this is only preferable but after the fact one has fulfilled one’s obligation. [13]
  7. Some say that one should hear the same dialect of Hebrew one speaks and the minhag is to be concerned for this. [14]
  8. It’s important that one understands the general point and one fulfills one’s obligation even if one doesn’t understand every word. [15]
  9. Some say that if one misses one word one has not fulfilled one’s obligation [16] while others hold that as long as one heard the main point of destroying amalek one has fulfilled one’s obligation. [17]
  10. Some say that the congregation should read along as the Baal Koreh reads Parshat Zachor, while others argue that one should listen quietly and such is the widespread minhag. [18]
  11. If afterwards it’s found out that the Sefer Torah used for Parshat Zachor was pasul one doesn’t have to reread it. [19]

Parshat Parah

  1. Some say Parshat Parah is a biblical mitzvah and some it’s a rabbinic mitzvah. [20]

References

  1. ↑ S”A 685:1, Mishna Brurah 685:1
  2. ↑ Mishna Brurah 685:1
  3. ↑ Mishna Brurah 685:2
  4. ↑ S"A 586:1-6
  5. ↑ S”A 685:7
  6. ↑ Mishna Brurah 685:14
  7. ↑ Rama 685:7
  8. ↑ Mishna Brurah 685:18
  9. ↑ Moadim UZmanim (vol 2, siman 167), Piskei Teshuvot 685:9
  10. ↑ Kesot HaShulchan 88:22 in the notes, Kitzur S”A 88:22, Piskei Teshuvot 685:9, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 8:20:32 (pg 67). Piskei Shemuot (pg 40) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman as saying that either minhag is acceptable. Piskei Shemuot (39-40) quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky as saying it’s enough to repeat a few words.
  11. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 685:9
  12. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 695:10, Piskei Shemuot quoting Rav Shlomo Zalman and Rav Elyashiv
  13. ↑ Rav Nassim Karlitz quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 41). Yalkut Yosef (Kriyat HaTorah pg 111) and Sh”t Yabea Omer 6:11 write that it’s proper for a Sephardi to hear it from a Sephardi.
  14. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 695:10. Piskei Shemuot (pg 41) quotes Rav Shlomo Zalman saying that it’s not kavod tzibbur to read parshat zachor several times in different dialects.
  15. ↑ Rav Elyashiv quoted in Piskei Shemuot (pg 34)
  16. ↑ Piskei Teshuvot 695:10, Mikrei Kodesh Purim Siman 7
  17. ↑ Halichot Shlomo 18:2
  18. ↑ Sh”t Minchat Elazar 2:1 says that everyone should read it along with the Baal Koreh, while Sh”t Yechava Daat 3:53 and Sh”t Meishiv Dvar OC 47 hold that everyone should listen quietly. Piskei Teshuvot 695:7 writes that the minhag is like the second opinion.
  19. ↑ Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2, 18:4)
  20. ↑ S”A 685:7, Mishna Brurah 685:14
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