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There is a mitzvah of Mishloach Manot to give a gift of two foods to another Jew on [[Purim]]. <ref> The obligation of Mishloach Manot is explicit in Megillat Ester 9:22 and S”A 695:4. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Purim]] pg 142) writes that it’s obvious one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending to a non-Jew as he is not included in Reyeyhu. </ref> | There is a mitzvah of Mishloach Manot to give a gift of two foods to another Jew on [[Purim]]. <ref> The obligation of Mishloach Manot is explicit in Megillat Ester 9:22 and S”A 695:4. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Purim]] pg 142) writes that it’s obvious one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending to a non-Jew as he is not included in Reyeyhu. </ref> | ||
==What is the primary purpose of Mishloach Manot?== | |||
# Some say that the primary purpose is to increase friendship amongst Klal Yisrael, | |||
and some say that it is to ensure that every Jew has food for Seudat Purim. <ref> The first reason is found in the Manot HaLevi (Ester 9:20) and the second in Trumat HaDeshen 111 </ref> | |||
==How many Mishloach Manot should one give?== | ==How many Mishloach Manot should one give?== | ||
# There’s an obligation to send one gift called Mishloach Manot, consisting of two foods, to one person on [[Purim]]. <Ref> Gemara Megilah 7a, Rambam (Megilah 2:15), Tur and S”A 695:4. While the Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tetzaveh 16 says not to put the different foods into one bowl since it may be that this combines them into one kind, Halachot Shlomo 2:19 as well as Teshuvot vihanhagot 2:346 disagree. </ref> | # There’s an obligation to send one gift called Mishloach Manot, consisting of two foods, to one person on [[Purim]]. <Ref> Gemara Megilah 7a, Rambam (Megilah 2:15), Tur and S”A 695:4. While the Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tetzaveh 16 says not to put the different foods into one bowl since it may be that this combines them into one kind, Halachot Shlomo 2:19 as well as Teshuvot vihanhagot 2:346 disagree. </ref> | ||
