Four Parshiot: Difference between revisions

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<ref> S"A 586:1-6 </ref>

# Hearing Parshat Zachor is a biblical mitzvah. <ref>S”A 685:7 </ref>

# The mitzvah is to express this commemoration verbally and so the reader and those listening should intent to fulfill the obligation. <ref>Mishna Brurah 685:14 </ref>

# 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. <Ref>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. </ref>

# If afterwards it’s found out that the Sefer Torah used for Parshat Zachor was pasul one doesn’t have to reread it. <ref>Halichot Shlomo (Moadim vol 2, 18:4) </ref>

# Some say Parshat Parah is a biblical mitzvah and some it’s a rabbinic mitzvah. <ref>S”A 685:7, Mishna Brurah 685:14 </ref>

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